Acadians Who Found Refuge in Louisiana, February 1764-early 1800s
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ACADIA
Claude Guédry dit Grivois dit La Verdure, who also spelled his surname Gaidry, came to Port-Royal soon after the first census of 1671 and married an Indian, Kesk8a, in c1680. She gave him a daughter. In c1681, he married Marguerite, daughter of Claude Petitpas and widow of Martin Dugas, at Port-Royal. By 1686, they had moved to Mirliguèche, today's Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, near Cap-Sable, on the Atlantic side of the peninsula. By 1695, they had returned to Port-Royal. In 1708, they were back on the Atlantic side of the peninsula, at La Hève. They had 11 children, including nine sons, four of whom created families of their own. Their two daughters married into the Doiron and Lejeune families. Claude's older daughter settled at Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, today's Cape Breton Island, after Acadia fell to the British in the early 1710s, and his younger daughter also moved to one of the Maritime islands by 1752. Claude, père died after January 1723, when he was recorded as baptizing privately the twin daughters of his son Augustin at Boston. Can one assume by this that Claude and Augustin engaged in commerce with the British?
Oldest son Claude, fils, by his second wife, born probably at Port-Royal in c1682, did not marry.
Jean-Baptiste, by his second wife, born either at Port-Royal or Mirliguèche in c1684, married Madeleine, daughter of Philippe Mius d'Azy, in the early 1700s. They settled at La Hève, up the coast from Mirliguèche. They had four children, including two sons who married into the Lejeune, Moyse, and Benoit families. Their daughter married into the Lejeune family. Jean-Baptiste ran afoul of British authorities in 1726. He, along with his eldest son Jean Baptiste, fils and three Mi'kmaq Indians, were accused of piracy "against the person of Samuel Daly, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, and his crew." They were convicted, condemned, and hanged at Boston in November 1726. Jean-Baptiste, père was 42 years old at the time of his death. His son was still in his teens. Jean-Baptiste, père's second son Claude emigrated to Louisiana.
Charles, by his second wife, born probably at Mirliguèche in c1686, did not marry. He was living at Cobeguit in 1703.
Alexis, by his second wife, born probably at Mirliguèche in c1688, also did not marry.
Augustin, by his second wife, born probably at Mirliguèche in c1690, married Jeanne, daughter of Jean Hébert, in c1722. They lived for a time at Boston, Massachusetts, but settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, and at Cobeguit.
A second Claude, fils, by his second wife, born either at Mirliguèche or Port-Royal in c1694, did not marry.
Joseph, by his second wife, born probably at Port-Royal in c1695, also did not marry. He was back at Mirliguèche in 1725.
Pierre dit Grivois, by his second wife, born at Port-Royal in c1698, married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Brassaud, in c1722 at Port-Royal, where they remained. Pierre participated in the Acadian resistance against British rule during King George's War, 1744-48, with the Beausoleil Broussards and died before 1752.
Youngest son Paul dit Grivois, by his second wife, born at Port-Royal in January 1701, married Anne-Marie dite Nanette, another daughter of Philippe Mius d'Azy, in c1720. They settled at Mirliguèche before moving to Baie des Espagnols on Île Royale by 1752, probably to be free of British authority in Nova Scotia.
In 1755, descendants of Claude Guédry dit Gravois dit La Verdure could be found at Port-Royal, which the British called Annapolis Royal; at Minas, including l'Assomption, Pigiguit; at Cobeguit; perhaps still at Mirliguèche, now called Lunenburg; and on Île Royale and Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island.
LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT
Le Grand Dérangement of the 1750s scattered this large family even farther. ...
LOUISIANA: WESTERN SETTLEMENTS
Guédrys were among the earliest Acadians to find refuge in Louisiana. The first of them came with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party from Halifax via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, today's Haiti. After a brief stay in New Orleans, they followed the Broussards to the Attakapas District, where they helped create La Nouvelle-Acadie on the banks of Bayou Teche:
Augustin Guédry and his wife Théotiste Broussard came with no children. Théotiste perished in the epidemic that struck the Teche Acadians that summer and fall. Augustin's fate after his wife's death is anyone's guess.
Joseph Guidry of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, age 33, son of another Augustin and still a bachelor, came alone. In the spring of 1766, he was counted in the "District of the Point," or Fausse Pointe, with no one else in his household, but he did not remain on the Teche. Later in the decade, he moved to Ascension on the river, where he married a fellow Acadian and settled, but he and his wife may have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children of their own.
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Not until the 1770s and 1780s did Guidrys from the river "return" to the prairies and establish a western branch of the family. The first Guidry to return to the prairies, Pierre of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, created one of the largest family lines anywhere in South Louisiana:
Ursule Guidry, wife of Pierre-Paul, called Paul, Boutin, came with her family from St.-Gabriel on the river in the late 1760s or early 1770s. They settled in the Opelousas District, where Ursule died in the 1770s, in her early 40s.
Descendants of Pierre GUIDRY (c1742-1825)
Pierre, son of Augustin Guédry and Jeanne Hébert, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1742, brother of Joseph and Ursule, followed his family into exile in Maryland, where he married fellow Acadian Marguerite, daughter of perhaps Jean-Baptiste Dupuis, in c1764. They and their three-year-old daughter Marie came to Louisiana from Port Tobacco, Maryland, in February 1768 with the extended family led by brothers Alexis and Honoré Breau of Pigiguit. Spanish governor Ulloa forced the Breau clan to settle at Fort San Luìs de Natchez, far upriver. Marguerite, and probably Marie also, died at Fort San Luìs soon after they got there, and Pierre remarried to Claire, daughter of fellow Acadian Antoine Babin, at Fort San Luìs in January 1769. Later that year, after the Spanish took formal control of the colony following a revolt against Ulloa in the fall of 1768, Ulloa's successor, General Alejandro O'Reilly, agreed to let the Breaus and their kin settle where they wanted to along the river. Pierre and Claire moved to Ascension on the Acadian Coast, where they were counted on the left, or east, bank, of the river in August 1770. In the early 1770s, perhaps without permission, they crossed the Atchafalaya Basin to Grand Coteau at the southeastern edge of the Opelousas District, where Pierre's older sister Ursule and her family had settled. In 1774, Pierre owned 20 head of cattle, 5 horses and mules, 3 swine, and no slaves in the district. A few years later, he acquired land at the northeastern edge of the Attakapas District on upper Bayou Teche at La Grand Pointe, also called La Pointe, near present-day Cecilia. Family tradition says that he was one of the first settlers in the area, but his children's baptismal records and a 1788 census reveal that he may not have moved there from Grand Coteau until the early 1790s. (His wife's succession record, dated 7 January 1781, calls her Mrs. Pierre Guidry "of Baillou Carencro.") Pierre remarried again--his third marriage--to Marguerite, called Peggy, daughter of Scotsman William Miller, probably at Grand Coteau in c1781. Their daughters married into the Broussard, Devalcourt, Eastin, Picou, Rees, and Thomas families. Pierre's rise to economic and social prominence was slow but sure. In 1785, he held two slaves in the Opelousas District. In 1788, near Grand Coteau, he owned 60 head of cattle, 40 horses, and 5 slaves on 18 arpents frontage of land. By 1812, he held 40 slaves at Grand Pointe--an amazing number at that time and place (Jean dit Chapeau Mouton of the Attakapas District, for instance, held "only" 28 slaves that year). By 1812, in fact, Pierre's social prominence was so secure that his daughter Célestine by his third wife was able to marry St. Martin Parish judge Ranson Eastin, a native of Virginia. According to one authority, "Before his death ... [Pierre] had amassed a fortune in land, livestock, and slaves, including some 2,000 acres in the Prairie Gros[sic] Chevreuil east of the Teche and several tracts in the Carencro and Grand Coteau areas within the Opelousas District." He died at his home at Grand Pointe in November 1825, a widower once again; the priest who recorded his burial said that Pierre was 93 years old when he died, but he was "only" 83; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse later that month. Pierre's estate was valued at $200,000 at the time of his death. He lived long enough to see 12 of his 14 sons, four of his daughters, at least nine grandsons, and over a dozen granddaughters establish families of their own; he was, in fact, a great-grandfather many times over when he breathed his last at Grande Pointe in 1825. He also witnessed the burial of six of his sons, four of them married, several of his daughters, one of them married, and many grandchildren who died before their time. Most of the Guidrys of southwest Louisiana are descended from "the patriarch of Grande Pointe" and his dozen sons, who settled not only at Grande Pointe but also on Bayou Vermilion, at Carencro, and at Grand Coteau, where Pierre had settled originally. Some of Pierre's grandsons were among the first Acadians to settle in southeast Texas.
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Oldest son Louis-David, called David and also Pierre, from his second wife, born probably at Ascension in c1770, married Marie-Modeste, daughter of French Surgeon Antoine Borda, at Attakapas in September 1787; Marie's mother was an Acadian Martin. David and Marie-Modeste settled near Grand Coteau on the southeastern edge of the Opelousas District. Their son Charles le jeune was born probably at Grand Coteau in November 1788, Louis le jeune was born in c1790, Alexis Onésime or Onésime Alexis was baptized at Opelousas, age unrecorded, in June 1791, Pierre-Treville was born in April 1791, Baptiste le jeune in December 1794 but died "as a child" in February 1801, Augustin or Auguste le jeune was baptized at Opelousas, age 16 months, in July 1801, Émile was born in January 1802, Joseph le jeune in March 1806, and Antoine le jeune in January 1816 but died at age 5 months the following July. Their daughters married into the Barras, Berard, Bossier, Dejean, Ducrest, Dugas, Dupré, Martin, and Mouton families. David became partners with his brother-in-law, Jean dit Chapeau Mouton, in land speculation on the southwestern prairies. According to one authority, in 1803 the pair "purchased from the Attakapas Indians more than 2,000 acres of prairie land on the Mermentau River in the Calcasieu, at that time the cattle frontier of Louisiana." David died "at his home" near Grand Coteau in April 1821; the priest who recorded his burial said that David died "at age 50"; he was buried the next day "in the St. Charles Church cemetery"; his succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse the following February.
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Louis le jeune died probably at Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in March 1811. He was only 21 years old and probably did not marry.
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Pierre Treville married Marie Adélaïde, called Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Bernard of Carencro, at the the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in September 1811. They settled near Grand Coteau. Their unnamed son died in St. Landry Parish 8 days after his birth in January 1814, Pierre Treville, fils was born in August 1812, Placide in April 1815, Alexandre in November 1817, Joseph le jeune in November 1819, Onésime in November 1821, their unnamed child, perhaps a son, died the day of its birth in August 1827, and Louis was baptized at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, age 3, in June 1837. Their daughter married a Guidry cousin. Pierre Treville, père died near Grand Coteau in December 1837; the priest who recorded his burial said that Pierre Treville was 44 years old when he died, but he was 46.
Pierre Treville, fils married double cousin Elmire Marie, daughter of his great uncle Charles Guidry, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in April 1836; Elmire's mother, also, was a daughter of Jean Bernard. Their son Octave was born near Grand Coteau in January 1837, Ovide Joseph in December 1842, and Pierre Alcide in August 1845. ...
Placide married Elisa or Eliza, daughter of Benjamin McClelland, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in March 1837. Their son Edmond Placide was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in February 1838, Pierre Treville le jeune in April 1841, and James Edgard was born in April 1847. ...
Alexandre died near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in August 1838. He was only 20 years old and probably did not marry.
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Onésime Alexis married Marie Julie, also called Julie Euphrasie, Euphrasie Julie, and Eléonore, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Potier of Bayou Teche, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1813. Their son Alexis Onésime was born probably near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in August 1816, Onésime, fils in September 1820, Valéry in November 1824, Louis David in February 1830, and Benjamin in May 1838. Their daughter may have married into the Pollingue family and perhaps into the Cormier family as well. Daughter Élisabeth attended school at Grand Coteau from September 1825 to April 1830. Onésime Alexis may have remarried to Amelia Marie or Marie Amelie Vanhill or Vanhille at the Grand Coteau church in January 1840. ...
Alexis Onésime married cousin Célestine Laperle or Laperle Célestine, daughter of French Creole Cyprien Dupré, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in November 1843; Laperle's mother was a Guidry. ...
Valéry died near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in September 1843. He was only 18 years old and probably did not marry.
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Augustin le jeune married cousin Angèle Melanie or Mélanie Angèle, daughter of fellow Acadian Marin Martin of La Butte, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1817. They settled near Grand Coteau. Their son Auguste Dupréville, called Dupréville, was born in St. Landry Parish in March 1818, Joseph in c1819 or 1820, Edmond died at age 7 months in June 1825, and Victor was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 2 months, in September 1836. Their daughters married into the Guilbeau, Lyons, and Voorhies families. Was he the Auguste Guidry who died near Grand Coteau in February 1844? The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that August died "at age 50 yrs.," but Augustin le jeune would have been only 44.
Dupréville died near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in September 1837. He was only 19 years old and probably did not marry.
Joseph may have married first cousin Azélie, daughter of his uncle Pierre Treville Guidry, père, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in June 1842. If so, their son Joseph Mozard was born near Grand Coteau in July 1843. ...
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Joseph le jeune married cousin Céleste, daughter of Jean Mouton dit Chapeau of Lafayette Parish, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1826; Céleste's mother, also, was a Borda. Their son David Aristide was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in September 1827, Alexandre Thelesmar in May 1830, Félix in February 1834, Stanislas was baptized at the Grand Coteau church, age 1, in September 1837, and Demetre Horace was born in October 1842. ...
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Olivier, by his second wife, born probably at Ascension in c1771, married Victoire, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Semer, at Attakapas in June 1791. They settled at Grande Pointe. Their son Julien was baptized at Attakapas, age 1 1/2 months, in June 1795, Auguste le jeune was born at Grand Pointe in February 1799, Olivier, fils in September 1801, Joseph Treville or Théoville, in August 1809, and Louis le jeune in October 1811. They also had a son named Zéphirin, unless he was Auguste le jeune. Their daughters married into the David, Dugas, Landry, Patin, and Thibodeaux families. Olivier, père died in St. Martin Parish in February 1838; he was 67 years old. Some of his descendants moved to the Abbeville area of Vermilion Parish by the 1850s.
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Zéphirin married Deline, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Dupuis of Manchac and Grande Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1819. ...
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Olivier, fils married Isabelle or Élisabeth Belzire, daughter of fellow Acadian Cyrille Thibodeaux of Grande Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1822. Their son Louis le jeune was born in St. Martin Parish in July 1824, Dupréville in c1825 but died at age 6 in September 1831, Olivier III was born in April 1827, Cyrille Trasimond in July 1828, Julien in April 1832, Arvillien in March 1835, and Olivier died 15 days after his birth in March 1836. Their daughter married into the Bijeaux family. Olivier may have remarried to cousin Elisa, 22-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Sonnier, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1843; Elisa's mother was a Guidry; if this was him, Olivier, fils would have 42 years old at the time of the wedding. Their son Louis was born in Lafayette Parish in August 1847. ...
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Joseph Treville married Louise, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Potier, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1831. Their son Edmond or Édouard was born in St. Martin Parish in August 1832 but died at age 5 in September 1837, Joseph, fils was born in December 1836, and Louis le jeune in July 1839. ...
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Louis le jeune married Marie Eurasie, called Eurasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Sylvestre LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1832. Their son Eugène was born in St. Martin Parish in June 1840. ...
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Julien married Marie Emeranthe, called Emeranthe, daughter of French Canadian Solastie Roy, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1832. Their son Jules was born in St. Martin Parish in January 1838. Julien's succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in April 1845; he would have been in his early 50s that year.
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Was Auguste le jeune the Auguste Guidry who died near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in February 1844? The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that August died "at age 50 yrs.," but this August le jeune would have been only 45.
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Joseph dit Mines, by his second wife, born probably at Ascension in the early 1770s, married Marie Scholastique, called Scholastique and Colastie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Charles Hébert dit Manuel, at Attakapas in September 1793. They settled on the Vermilion. Their son Joseph, fils was born in March 1797, Alexandre Laisan in May 1799, Antoine Levennes, also called Antoine dit Seven, in January 1811, Onésime in January 1812, and Eusèbe in May 1818. They also had a son named Sosthène. Their daughters married into the Bergeron (French Creole, not Acadian), Duhon, Hébert, Patin, and Sonnier families. Joseph, père's succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in April 1837; he would have been in his mid-60s that year.
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Joseph, fils married Marie Azélie, called Zélie, daughter of fellow Acadian Augustin Comeaux, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in December 1818. Their son Joseph III was born in St. Martin Parish in December 1819, Augustin in Lafayette Parish in December 1823, Charles Oculi was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 2 years, 1 month, and Sosthène at age 3 months, 7 days, in March 1828, a few days after their father died. Joseph, fils was "found drowned in a 'marret' ('marais" is a marshland, swamp, or lowland area) near L'ille aux Cannes" in March 1828; the Vermilionville priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph, fils was 33 years old when he died, but he was only 31; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in July 1832, and a second succession record, calling him "Joseph Sr. of Iberville parish," was filed at the same courthouse in August 1838 (one wonders if this second succession record confuses Joseph, fils with his father).
Joseph III married Marie Oliva, called Oliva, daughter of fellow Acadian Henry Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1839. Their son Alexandre was born in Lafayette Parish in September 1840. ...
Augustin married Émelia or Amelia, 16-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Boudreaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1846. ...
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Alexandre Lessin married Marie Carmelite, called Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean François Broussard dit Beausoleil of Pont du Vermilion or Pin Hook Bridge, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1821. Their son Azemor was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 20 months, in February 1827, Alexandre, fils was born in September 1827, Lessin was baptized at age 1 1/2 in November 1830, Dupréville at age 13 months in June 1832, Éloi at age 1 in January 1834, Treville at age 1 in August 1835, Seven was born in April 1836 but died at age 1 in June 1837, Jules was baptized at age 44 days in April 1838, and Erasme was born in August 1841. Their daughter married into the Dugas family. (Another of their daughters, Marie, died in Lafayette Parish within hours of her birth on 9 February 1824, but not before the priest from nearby Vermilionville, Father Michel-Bernard Barrière, formerly of St. Martin de Tours in St. Martinville, baptized her. In the baptismal record, Father Barrière wrote a poignant description of little Marie and her short time in this world: "I went to Mr. Jean dit son of François Beausoleil [Broussard, so Marie was born at her maternal grandfather's house near Pin Hook Bridge]. I baptized a young girl at birth ... but born with such a deformity that we could with reason, count on her days because of such a large growth on her head which was larger than the head itself, otherwise she was in a natural (perfect) state." Little Marie was buried in the parish cemetery at Vermilionville the following day.)
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Antoine dit Seven married Hortense, another daughter of Jean François Broussard dit Beausoleil, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in August 1831. ...
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Eusèbe married Marie Uranie, called Uranie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1834. Their son, name unrecorded, died in Lafayette Parish, age 8, in September 1841, Joseph le jeune was born in October 1838, Eusèbe, fils in August 1841 but died at age 1 1/2 in April 1843, and Olivier was born in October 1844. ...
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Sosthène married Uranie, daughter of French Creole Jean Pelletier, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1845. ...
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Jean-Baptiste, called Baptiste, from his second wife, born probably at Grand Coteau in July 1776, married Marie-Solange, called Solange, another daughter of Jean-Charles Hébert, at Attakapas in June 1797. They settled on the Vermilion and at Grande Pointe. Their son Jean Baptiste, fils, called Baptiste, was born on the Vermilion in September 1806, Joseph Valmond in April 1813, Moïse in February 1815, Pierre Lasty in December 1817 but died at age 16 in September 1833, and Alexis was born in February 1820. Their daughters married into the Hébert, LeBlanc, and Richard families. ...
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Baptiste, fils married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Dugas, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1825. Their son Théogène was born in Lafayette Parish in June 1826, Hermogène in October 1828 but died at age 3 in October 1831, and Sosthène died at age 14 days in February 1834. Baptiste, fils's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in August 1838; he would have been 32 years old that year.
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Joseph Valmond married Geneviève Azéma, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Bourque, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1833. Their son Jean Baptiste le jeune was born in Lafayette Parish in March 1835, and Joseph, fils was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 1 month, in April 1837. ...
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Moïse married cousin Mélanie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Hébert, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1835. Their son Joseph was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 40 days, in August 1836, Alcide at age 2 months in April 1840, and Jean Horace was born in March 1843. Moïse "of Vermillion[sic] Parish" remarried to fellow Acadian Adélaïde Broussard "of Laf. Parish" in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in August 1847. ...
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Alexis married Marie Sylvanie, called Sylvanie, daughter of French Creole Alexandre Dartes, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1841. Alexis died in Lafayette Parish in August 1842; he was only 22 years old; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in September.
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Paul-Hippolyte, called Hippolyte, by his second wife, baptized at Opelousas, age unrecorded, in July 1779, married Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Duhon, at Attakapas in May 1800. They settled on the upper Vermilion. Their son Paul, fils was born in July 1802 but died the following December, Leufroi was born in December 1803, Joachim in October 1810, another Paul, fils died at age 18 months in October 1813, Jean Baptiste was born in August 1814, and an unnamed son died at birth in August 1817. Their daughter married into the Chiasson family. Paul Hippolyte's succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in November 1820; he would have been 41 years old that year. His sons settled in southeastern Texas, some the first Acadians to go there.
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Leufroi married cousin Christine, daughter of fellow Acadian Augustin Dugas, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in April 1822; Christine's mother, also, was a Duhon. In c1835, they were among the first Acadians to move to Texas. They settled in Jefferson County before moving on to Liberty County. ...
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Joachim married Marie, daughter of French Creole Joseph Giroud or Giroux, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in October 1827. They followed his brother Leufroi to southeastern Texas in the early 1840s and settled in the Beaumont area near the Louisiana border. ...
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Jean Baptiste followed his older brothers to southeastern Texas in the early 1840s and settled north of Beaumont in Hardin County. ...
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Augustin, by his second wife, baptized at Opelousas, age 5 weeks, in July 1780, married Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin dit Ephrem Robichaux of La Pointe du Grand Chevreuil, at Attakapas in July 1805. They settled at Grande Pointe. Their son Augustin, fils was born in June 1806. Augustin remarried to Scholastique, another daughter of Firmin dit Ephrem Robichaux, in c1809. They settled at Grand Pointe and on the Vermilion before moving to Calcasieu Parish. Their son Ursin was born in February 1810, Edmond in December 1811, and Joseph was baptized at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, age 8 months, in January 1822. Their daughters married into the Benoit and Michel (Anglo American, not Acadian) families. Was he the Auguste Guidry who died near Grand Coteau in February 1844? The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that August died "at age 50 yrs.," but Augustin, père would have been closer to 64.
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Augustin, fils, by his first wife, married Marie Eléontine, Cléontine, or Léontine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Guilbeau, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1827. Their son Alexandre was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in September 1829 but died in Lafayette Parish, age 11 1/2 months, in August 1830, Jean Lucien was born near Grand Coteau in June 1834 but died in Lafayette Parish, age 6, in June 1840, Jean Huma was born near Grand Coteau in August 1838, Jean Ernest in December 1842 but died in January, Jean Alexius was born in January 1844, and Alphonse in June 1845. ...
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Ursin, by his second wife, married Matilda, daughter of Anglo-American Nathan Forman, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in March 1833. Their son Gerasin was born in Lafayette Parish in June 1834, Séraphin was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 11 months, in November 1836, and Ursin, fils was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in February 1844. Ursin and his family followed his Guidry cousins to southeast Texas later in the 1840s and settled in Jefferson County. Between 1860 and 1880, Ursin's sons were living in Hardin County, which had been formed from a portion of Jefferson County. ...
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Joseph, by his second wife, may have married cousin Azélie, daughter of Pierre Treville Guidry, père, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in June 1842. If so, their son Joseph Mozard was born near Grand Coteau in July 1843. ...
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Louis, by his third wife, born probably at Grand Coteau in September 1784, married Céleste or Silesie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Savoie, at Opelousas in January 1805. They settled near Grand Coteau. Their son Louis, fils was baptized at Opelousas, age 4 months, in June 1806, Onésime in August 1808, Pierre Louis in December 1811, Joseph Louis in June 1814, Hippolyte in May 1816, Alexis le jeune near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in August 1818, and Terence in c1819 but died at age 7 in Lafayette Parish in October 1826. Their daughter married into the Breaux family. Louis, père's estate record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in July 1824, when he was still very much alive. Louis remarried to Anglo American Marguerite Sloan. Their son Alphonse Toledano was born in St. Landry Parish in May 1841. Louis, père died in St. Landry Parish in November 1843; the Opelousas priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that Louis died "of old age," but he was "only" 59; his succession record, which mentions his second wife, was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in November 1846.
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Louis, fils, by his first wife, married Marie Josette Fostin, called Josette and also Joséphine, daughter of French Canadian Solastie Roy, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1833. Their son Pierre Solastie was born in St. Landry Parish in May 1836, Cyprien in September 1838, Alexandre near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in January 1840, Lastenie was baptized at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, age 2 months, in July 1843, and Joseph Ollius was born near Grand Coteau in December 1845. Louis, fils died in St. Landry Parish in February 1845 [sic, probably 1846]; the Opelousas priest who recorded the burial did not bother to give any parents' names, mention a wife, or even give Louis, fils's age at the time of his death; he would have been only 40 years old; Louis, fils's succession record, which says that he died in 1846, was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in December of that year.
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Joseph Louis, by his first wife, married Marie Emeranthe, called Emeranthe, daughter of French Creole Jean Baptiste Lebleu, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in April 1837; Emeranthe's mother was an Acadian Lejeune. Their son Edmond was baptized at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, age unrecorded (but the priest insisted that the boy had been born in September 1827, when Joseph le jeune would have been 13!), in April 1838, Joseph Will was born in February 1840, and Palenion near Grand Coteau n October 1844. ...
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Pierre Louis, by his first wife, married Marie Joséphine, called Joséphine, 17-year-old daughter of French Creole Leufroi Latiolais, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in October 1837. Their son Pierre Louis, fils was born near Grand Coteau in December 1838, and Leufroi le jeune in December 1840. ...
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Charles, by his third wife, born probably at Grand Coteau in November 1785, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Bernard of Carencro, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1816. They settled near Carencro. Their son Charles Adolphe was born in February 1819, Olivier Corneville in February 1821, Alexandre in February 1823, Alexis was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 14 months, in December 1825, and Alfred was born in December 1831. Their daughter married a Guidry double cousin. Charles died in Lafayette Parish in March 1841; the Vermilionville priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Charles Sr. died "at age 50 yrs.," but he was 55; his succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in May.
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Charles Adolphe likely married fellow Acadian Clementine Guilbeau at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in November 1841. Their son Joseph Adolphe was born near Grand Coteau in November 1845. ...
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Alexis married Erasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Agricole Breaux, at the St. Martinville church, St. Landry Parish, in March or April 1842. ...
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Alexandre married Azélie, another daughter of Agricole Breaux, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1843; the marriage was recorded also in St. Martin Parish. Their son Albert was born near Grand Coteau in April 1844 but may have died in St. Martin Parish the following July. ...
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Olivier Corneville likely married fellow Acadian Adélaïde, also called Irma, Cormier at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in February 1844. Their son Jules was born near Grand Coteau in December 1844, and Charles le jeune in August 1846. ...
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Victorin, by his third wife, born probably at Grand Coteau in March 1789, married Marie Zélie, called Zélie, daughter of French Creole Jean Baptiste Calais, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1809. They settled at Grande Pointe. Their son Edmond was born in April 1813. Their daughters married into the LeBlanc and Potier families. Victorin died at Grande Pointe in March 1818; the priest who recorded his burial said that Victorin was 27 years old when he died, but he was 29; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse the following June. His youngest child, daughter Virginie, was born two days before his death. His only son created a family of his own.
Edmond married Marie Josette, called Josette and also Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Sonnier, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1836. Their son Pierre Victorin was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 7 months, in April 1840, Jean Baptiste was born in May 1841, and Cyprien near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in March 1843. ...
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Antoine, also called Onésime, from his third wife, baptized at home probably at Grand Coteau, date unrecorded, and then at Opelousas, age unrecorded, in September 1792, married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Potier of Grande Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1820. They settled on the Vermilion. Their son Antoine, fils was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age unrecorded, in February 1823, Pierre Édouard, called Édouard, at age 2 1/2 in March 1828, and Hippolyte was born in October 1830. ...
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Antoine, fils married Joséphine, daughter of French Canadian Joseph Daigle, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in March 1844, and sanctified the marriage at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, the following June. Their son Antoine III was born near Grand Coteau in January 1845. ...
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Édouard married Élise Belaire at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in August 1847. ...
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Pierre, fils, by his third wife, born probably at Grande Pointe in April 1794, married Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Cyrille Thibodeaux of Grande Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1817. Their son Désiré was born probably in St. Martin Parish in c1832 but died at age 4 in July 1836, Pierre Désiré died the day after his birth in April 1833, Olivier le jeune was born August 1835, and Joseph in February 1840. ...
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A son, by his third wife, name and age unrecorded, died probably at Grande Pointe in February 1801.
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Another son, by his third wife, name and age unrecorded, died probably at Grand Pointe in November 1801.
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Youngest son Joseph Rosémond, called Rosémond, by his third wife, born at Grand Pointe in October 1806, married Henriette, another daughter of Charles Potier, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1825, only 11 days before his father died. Their son Louis Joseph was born in St. Martin Parish in September 1826, Alexandre Joseph in June 1828, and Adrien near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in November 1832. ...
Descendants of Jean-Baptiste GUIDRY (c1761-)
Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, son of Jean Guédry and Anne-Madeleine Dupuis, and nephew of Pierre of Grand Pointe, born in Maryland in c1761, came to Louisiana from Port Tobacco, Maryland, in 1768 with his widowed mother and siblings and followed them to Fort San Luìs de Natchez, across from present-day Natchez, Mississippi. Still a boy, he followed his mother to Ascension on the Acadian Coast, but he did not settle there. In the 1780s, he moved to the Attakapas District, where his aunt Ursule and uncle Pierre had settled, and married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Breaux, at Attakapas in June 1785. They settled on the Vermilion and at Grande Pointe before moving out to Bayou Queue de Tortue on the prairie west of present-day Lafayette. Their daughters married into the Ford, Melançon, Semere, and Villier dit Ricard families. Jean Baptiste remarried to Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian François Joseph Savoie and widow of Jean Charles Benoit, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1818; Jean was 57 years old at the time of the wedding. ...
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Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, fils, called Jean, from his first wife, born on the Vermilion in January 1786, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Semere, at Attakapas in June 1806. They settled at Grand Pointe on upper Bayou Teche. Their son Jean Baptiste III was born in September 1807, Sosthène in October 1808, Joseph Dulcide or Alcide, in July 1812, and Théodule in May 1819. Their daughters married into the Angelle and Dauphine families. ...
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Joseph Dulcide married Séraphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Maurice Doucet of Iberville Parish, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1831. Their son Darmasse was born in Lafayette Parish in September 1832, Joseph Alcide, called Alcide, in September 1834 but died in St. Martin Parish at age 4 in October 1838, and Firmin was born in July 1842. Joseph Dulcide remarried to Marguerite Uranie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Dupuis, at the St. Martinville church in February 1847. ...
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Sosthène married Adrienne, another daughter of Maurice Doucet, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1832. Their son Joseph Sosthène or Demosthène was born in St. Martin Parish in December 1837 but died at age 11 months in December 1838. ...
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Jean Baptiste III married Marie Modeste, daughter of French Creole Léon Latiolais, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in September 1835; Marie's mother was a Robichaux. ...
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Théodule married fellow Acadian Marie Adélaïde, called Adile, Guilbeau at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in December 1843. ...
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Augustin, by his first wife, born at Attakapas in c1788, died at his parents' home at Grande Pointe in January 1810. He was only 22 years old and ;probably did not marry.
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Joseph, by his first wife, born at Attakapas in March 1791, married Melisere or Melissa, also called Modeste and Émilienne, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Melançon of Grande Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1813. They settled at Grande Pointe and then in Lafayette Parish. Their son Théogène was born at Grande Pointe in January 1817, Hermogène in February 1821, Julien in Lafayette Parish in November 1828, Eugène was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 2, in January 1836, and Zéphirin was born in October 1840. They also had a son named Pierre. Their daughters married into the Andrus and Hébert families. ...
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Pierre married double cousin Marie Cléonise, daughter of fellow Acadian Marcellin Melançon, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1839; Marie's mother was a Guidry. ...
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Hermogène may have married fellow Acadian Herminie Duhon in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in December 1845. ...
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Narcisse, by his first wife, born at Attakapas in August 1799, married Emeranthe, called Meranthe, daughter of fellow Acadian Frédéric Blanchard of St. James Parish, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1820. Their son Joseph Terence was born in St. Martin Parish in March 1822, Valéry le jeune in September 1826, Valsin in July 1829 but died at age 9 in September 1838, Désiré was born in January 1832, Jean Dosité in December 1837, Alcide Honorat in December 1839, and Ulzer in February 1844. Their daughters married into the Dugas and Latiolais families. ...
Joseph Terence married cousin Céline, daughter of French Creole Jacques Doré, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1847; Céline's mother, also, was a Blanchard. ...
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Valéry, by his first wife, born in St. Martin Parish in September 1809, married Caroline, daughter of Anglo-American William Beard, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in December 1834; Caroline's mother was a Bourque. Their son Jean Valéry was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in August 1847. ...
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Youngest son Celerin, probably Séverin, by his first wife, born at Grande Pointe in January 1815, married Marie Felonise, called Felonise, daughter of fellow Acadian Frédéric Blanchard and widow of Joseph Menard, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1847. ...
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More Guidrys joined their kinsmen on the western prairies during the late colonial and early antebellum periods, one of them from Canada. As a result, the southwestern parishes became an even more significant center of family settlement:
Descendants of Joseph GUIDRY (c1749-1799)
Joseph, son of Claude Guédry and his first wife Anne Lejeune, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1749, followed his family to Île St.-Jean in the early 1750s. They were deported to France in late 1758 aboard one of the Five Ships that reached St.-Malo in late January 1759. They settled at nearby Châteauneuf and at St.-Suliac, where Joseph married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Comeau, in November 1772. A year later, they went to Poitou with other Acadians from the port cities to settle on an influential nobleman's land. The venture failed after two years of fruitless effort, and in December 1775, Joseph and his family retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. They came to Louisiana aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and went to upper Bayou Lafourche. They had more children in Louisiana. They did not remain on the upper Lafourche, however. Later in the decade, they moved to the Attakapas District, where Joseph died in February 1799; he was only 50 year sold. His daughters married into the Dartez, Hébert, Senetiere, and Tenholt families. The one who married an Hébert remained on upper Bayou Lafourche, but the others settled at Attakapas. His daughter Rosalie had a natural son named Isaac Valsin in St. Martin Parish in May 1816. Only one of Joseph's sons created a family of his own; he settled on lower Bayou Teche.
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Older son Joseph, fils, born at St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, France, in July 1783, married Émilie, daughter of French Creole Pierre Bonvillain, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1817. They settled in St. Mary Parish on lower Bayou Teche. Their son Joseph III was born in March 1820, Gustave Pierre in January 1830, Désiré Émile in May 1831, and Jean Drosin in March 1833. Their daughter married into the Garrett family. ...
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Younger son Augustin, a twin, born at Assumption in June 1793, may have died young, unless he was the Auguste Guidry who died near Grand Coteau in February 1844; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that August died "at age 50 yrs."; thus Augustin would have been exactly that age.
Descendants of Olivier dit Canada GUIDRY (c1764-)
Olivier, son of Augustin Guédry and Marguerite Pecot, born at Boston, Massachusetts, in c1764 during Le Grand Dérangement, followed his family to Québec City, where they were counted in 1766, and then to St.-Jacques l'Achigan, on the St. Lawrence above the city, in 1767. During the 1780s or early 1790s, after he came of age, Olivier left Canada and moved to Louisiana perhaps via the upper Mississippi River (if so, he was one of the very few Acadians who came to Louisiana via that route). Olivier married Marie-Félicité, called Félicité, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Aucoin and widow of Joseph Faulk, at Attakapas in January 1793. Félicité was a native of Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, and had come to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, in 1785. They settled at Grand Prairie on upper Bayou Vermilion, now downtown Lafayette. Their daughter married into the Trahan family. Neighbors called him Olivier dit Canada to distinguish him from the other Olivier Guidry in the area. Some of this Olivier's sons also used their father's dit to distinguish them from their cousins with similar given names. ...
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Oldest son Pierre dit Canada, also called Firmin, born on upper Bayou Vermilion in December 1796, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Claude Broussard dit Beausoleil, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in December 1817. They settled on the upper Vermilion. Their son Pierre, fils, also called Étienne was born in March 1819 but died at age 1 year, 15 days, in March 1820, Joseph Lessin was born in October 1820, Joseph in November 1823, Treville was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 1 1/2 months, in October 1825, and Émile at age 8 months in April 1826. Their daughter married into the Trahan family. Pierre dit Canada remarried to cousin Julienne, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph dit Cadz Sonnier, in a civil ceremony at the home of Judge Herbert Eastin at Vermilionville in May 1825, and sanctified the marriage at the Vermilionville church in May 1827; Julienne's mother was a Guidry. Their son Sevigne was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 3 months, in August 1833. Their daughters married into the Breaux and Fontenot families. Pierre dit Canada may have owned 1,800 head of cattle on the Calcasieu prairie in 1850. ...
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Joseph, by his first wife, married cousin Émilie, also called Carmelite, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Sonnier, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1842; Émilie's mother was a Guidry and also Joseph's stepmother, so Émilie was his stepsister. Joseph and Émilie's son Joseph, fils was born in Lafayette Parish in March 1844. ...
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Émile, by his first wife, married Louise, daughter of French Canadian Joseph Istre, fils, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in April 1846. ...
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Paul, also called Hippolyte, born on the upper Vermilion in March 1798, married Scholastique Claire, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Breaux of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in August 1817. Their son Hippolyte, fils was born in St. Martin Parish in August 1818, and Joseph in March 1820. Hippolyte may have owned 3,600 head of cattle on the Calcasieu prairie in 1850. ...
Hippolyte, fils married Lucy, daughter of French Creole Martin Lebleu, also called Camasac, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in February 1838. Their son Martin was born near Grand Coteau in September 1841, and Hippolyte Omer in Lafayette Parish in November 1846. ...
3
Olivier dit Canada, fils, born on the upper Vermilion in April 1800, married Marie, 16-year-old daughter of French Creole Pierre Meaux, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in June 1821; Marie's mother was an Hébert. Their son Olivier III was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 1 1/2 months, in October 1826, Geneus dit Canada was born in April 1828, Ernest dit Canada in July 1832, and Alexandre, a twin, was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 40 days, in June 1837. ...
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Alexandre, born on the upper Vermilion on Easter Sunday 1803, married Marie Céleste, called Céleste and perhaps also Eliza, daughter of French Creole Jean Baptiste Calais, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1827; Marie's mother was a Semer. Their son Alexandre, fils was born in St. Martin Parish in December 1827, Jean Baptiste Armas in January 1830, Alfred in March 1831, Onésime Adras in July 1832, Césaire Evariste in September 1833 but died at age 1 1/2 in February 1835, Eugène was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 1 1/2, in November 1836, Étienne D'Assa was born in St. Martin Parish in August 1839, and Hippolyte le jeune in August 1840. ...
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Youngest son Charles dit Canada, born on the upper Vermilion in November 1805, married Caroline, daughter of fellow Acadian Célestin Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1828. Their unnamed child, perhaps a son, died in Lafayette Parish 7 hours after its birth in October 1829. ...
Descendants of François GUIDRY (c1781-)
François, son of Jean-Baptiste Guédry and Marguerite Lebert, born in Nantes, France, in c1781, came to Louisiana aboard either Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, or Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785. He followed his family to upper Bayou Lafourche. Unlike the rest of his family, who remained on the Lafourche, François crossed the Atchafalaya Basin to the Attakapas District, where he married Céleste, daughter of French Creole Jean Dartes and widow of Louis Thibaut, in November 1808. They settled on lower Bayou Teche and then moved to the upper Vermilion valley. Their daughters married into the Benoit, Gerbron, and Landry families, and perhaps into the Garrett family as well. ...
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Oldest son Euphrossie or Leufroi, born on the lower Teche in October 1815, married Eugènie, daughter of fellow Acadian Éloi Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1833. Their son Antoine was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1834, Leufroisy was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 3 months, in April 1837, and Éloi was born in April 1839. ...
2
Théodule, born on the lower Teche in September 1820, married Célestine, daughter of Bohemian Creole Michel Touchet, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in March 1842; Célestine's mother was a Cormier. Their son Darius was born probably in Lafayette Parish in August 1844, and Omer in December 1845. The family was living near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in the early 1850s. ...
3
Youngest son Edmond, born in Lafayette Parish in February 1823, married cousin Marie Orelia, daughter of French Creole Alexandre Dartes, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1845. ...
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Other GUIDRYs on the Western Prairies
Area church and civil records make it difficult to link many Guidrys in the western parishes with known Acadian lines of the family there. The priests at Grand Coteau, Vermilionville, and Opelousas were especially negligent in their recordkeeping:
Jean Marie Guidry's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in October 1829. His heir was François, probably his son. The parish clerk who recorded the succession did not give Jean Marie's parents' names or mention a wife, if he had one.
Thérèse Émilie Guidry married Anglo American John Garrett in a civil ceremony in St. Mary Parish in December 1839. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. Judging by the location of the marriage, she may have been a daughter of François Guidry.
Louis Guidry married Marguerite Sloane, widow of ____ Hathorn, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in May 1840. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Azélie Guidry married André Valsin, son of fellow Acadian Valéry Martin, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in February 1841. Both the parish clerk and the priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Joseph Guidry married Clementine LeBlanc. Their son Joseph, fils was born in Lafayette Parish in June 1841. They were living near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, later in the decade.
Modeste Guidry married Guillaume, or John, Hardy at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in September 1841. The parish clerk and the priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Augustin, fils, son of Augustin Guidry, died in Lafayette Parish in December 1841, 11 days after his birth. The Vermilionville priest who recorded the boy's burial did not bother to give the mother's name, so one wonders which Augustin Guidry this may have been.
Baptiste Guidry married Marie Hernandez or Dominguez. Their son Théophile was born in Lafayette Parish in August 1843 but died at age 4 in September 1847.
Émile, son of Alexis Guidry, died near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in June 1844, age 15 months. The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not give the mother's name, so one wonders which Alexis Guidry his father may have been.
Paul Théogène Guidry died near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in September 1844, age 3. The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not bother to give his parents' names.
Joseph Guidry died in St. Landry Parish in February 1846. The Opelousas priest who recorded the burial did not bother to give any parents' names, mention a wife, or even give Joseph's age at the time of his death.
Clementine Guidry married William Thomas, probably an Anglo American, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1846. The priest who recorded the marriage did not bother to give the couple's parents' names.
Modeste Guidry married Dorcino or Dorsino Rentrop at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1846. The parish clerk and the priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. One wonders if this Modeste Guidry was the widow of Guillaume Hardy.
Azéma Guidry married fellow Acadian Valière Hébert at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in October 1846. The priest who recorded the marriage did not bother to give the couple's parents' names.
LOUISIANA: RIVER SETTLEMENTS
In 1765 or 1766, Joseph Guédry, a bachelor in his early 30s, came to Louisiana either from Halifax or from Maryland. He settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques where 20 Acadians from Georgia had settled in early 1764. His was the first of many Guédry family lines established on what became known as the Acadian Coast:
Descendants of Joseph GUIDRY (c1735-1815)
Joseph Guédry, born in Acadia in c1735, came to Louisiana in the 1760s and married fellow Acadian Élisabeth or Isabelle Comeaux at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques in May 1767. A decade later, Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river at St.-Jacques. Their daughters married into the Gaudet and Trahan families, and perhaps into the Davies family as well. Joseph died near Convent, St. James Parish, in November 1815; the priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph was 85 years old when he died, but he was closer to 80. His sons settled on both sides of the river at St.-Jacques and also on Bayou Lafourche. At least one of his grandsons, married to one of his granddaughters, also moved to the Lafourche.
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Oldest son Donat, born probably at St.-Jacques in the late 1760s or early 1770s, married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Bourg, at St.-Jacques in February 1793. Their son Donat, fils was born at St.-Jacques in February 1796, Ursin in March 1798, Pierre-Placide in August 1801, and Louis in September 1810. Their daughters married into the Bonnecaze, Lubilavish, Rome, and Theriot families. Donat remarried to Henriette, daughter of Joseph Ackmann, Hockman, Ockman, Racman, Ragman, Ragmon, Raukman, or Rofenau of Galveztown, Iberville Parish, and widow of Benjamin Oubre, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in October 1814. Their son Edmond was born near Convent in November 1816, Eugène in September 1819, Auguste in May 1823, and Sosthène died at age 15 or 16 months in February 1831. Their daughter married into the Plaisance family. ...
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Donat, fils, by his first wife, married Marie Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Theriot, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in March 1818. Their son Joseph Donat Eutrope was born in Ascension Parish in April 1835 but died at age 1 1/2 in September 1836. Their daughters married into the Bercegeay, Michel, and Pertuit families. This line of the family, except for its blood, may not have survived.
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Ursin, by his first wife, died near Convent, St. James Parish, in June 1818. He was only 20 years old and probably did not marry.
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Pierre Placide, by his first wife, married his stepsister Rosalie, daughter of German Creole Benjamin Oubre, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in April 1831; Rosalie's mother was Pierre Placide's father's second wife. Pierre Placide died near Convent in November 1832; the priest who recorded his burial said that Pierre Placide was 27 years old when he died, but he was 31. His line of the family may have died with him.
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Louis, by his first wife, married Angélique, daughter of German Creole Eugène Oubre, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in February 1838. Their son Louis, fils was born near Convent in November 1838, and Alcée in June 1844. ...
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Eugène, by his second wife, married Élisabeth, called Élise, daughter of fellow Acadian Valentin Gaudin, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in February 1842. ...
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Edmond, by his second wife, married Marie Caroline, daughter of Louis Rome, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in January 1845; Marie's mother was an Oubre, so she was a cousin of three of Edmond's sisters-in-law. Edmond and Marie's son Edmond Euphémon was born near Convent in January 1846. ...
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Auguste, by his second wife, married Eugènie, another daughter of Eugène Oubre, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in June 1845. ...
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Joseph, fils, born probably at St.-Jacques in c1773, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Vincent, at St.-Jacques in May 1795. Their son Louis-Joseph was born at St.-Jacques in August 1797, a son, name unrecorded, "recently born," died in May 1799, Joachim was born in May 1805, Joseph III near Convent, St. James Parish, in August 1810, and Auguste in March 1819. Their daughters married into the Lambert, Oubre, Rodriguez, and Theriot families. Joseph, fils died near Convent in September 1835; he was 62 years old.
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Joachim married Adélaïde, daughter of French Creole Joseph Caillouet, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in May 1832; Adélaïde's mother was a Thibodeaux. Their son Joseph Léon was baptized at the Convent church, age 4 months, 18 days, in May 1835, Joachim Telesphore was born in January 1837, and Émile in January 1839. ...
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Joseph III died near Convent in October 1835. He was only 25 years old and did not marry.
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Auguste married Ida or Lida, daughter of Foreign Frenchman Joseph Plaisance of La Gironde, Bordeaux, France, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in May 1846; Auguste's first cousin Adèle Guidry married Ida's brother, Prosper. Auguste and Ida's son Augustin was born near Convent in February 1847. ...
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Jean-Baptiste, also called Alexandre, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in January 1773, married cousin Marguerite, also called Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadian François Comeaux, at St.-Jacques in July 1805. They settled in what became St. James Parish and then moved to Bayou Lafourche by the 1820s.
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Alexandre, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in December 1777, married Marie Mélanie, called Mélanie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Lambert, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in May 1809. Their son Joseph was born near Convent, St. James Parish, in May 1810, and Alexandre, fils died a day after his birth in September 1811. Alexandre, père died near Convent in October 1815; the priest who recorded his burial said that Alexandre was 35 years old when he died, but he was closer to 38. His only surviving son settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.
Joseph married Marie Pauline, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Henry, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1847. They remained on Bayou Lafourche.
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Pierre, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in May 1779, married Rosalie, daughter of French Creole Louis Denis, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in October 1809. Their son Pierre, fils had been born near Convent in September 1807, Charles Neuville in April 1809, Jean Baptiste Armand, called Armand, in August 1813 but died at age 2 in August 1815, and Donat le jeune was born in November 1814. Pierre remarried to Marcellite, daughter of French Creole Louis LaForet or LaForest of St. James Parish, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in May 1839; judging by the baptismal records of their many children, they had either married in a civil ceremony in the 1820s or just lived together until they sanctified the union over a dozen years later. Their son Jean Baptiste had been born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in April 1827, Savoir, a twin, in May 1828, Paul in c1830, Anaclet in c1832, and Joseph in c1834. ...
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Pierre, fils, by his first wife, married Émelie or Marie Virginie, called Virginie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Paul Bourgeois, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in April 1825. Their daughter married into the Braud family. Pierre, fils remarried to Aimée, daughter of François Paraude or Parote, at the Donalsonville church in January 1840. Their son Nicolas Valsin was born in Ascension Parish in December 1840. ...
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Charles Neuville, by his first wife, married first cousin Joséphine, daughter of his uncle Jean Baptiste Guidry, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1837. They remained on the Lafourche, where Charles Neuville remarried.
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Jean Baptiste, by his second wife, while a resident of Ascension Parish, married Marie Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadian François de Sales Gaudin, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in September 1840. They lived near the boundary between Iberville and Ascension parishes. Their son Timoléon was born in December 1846. ...
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Youngest son François, born at St.-Jacques in c1783, married Adélaïde, called Délaïde, 21-year-old daughter of Louis Rodrique of St. John the Baptiste Parish, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in January 1820. Their son Jules was baptized at the Convent church, age 3 months, in June 1836. Their daughter married into the Lefebvre family. ...
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During the late 1760s, a Guédry who had followed the Broussards to the Attakapas District settled on the Acadian Coast:
Joseph GUIDRY (c1732-)
Joseph, son of Augustin Guédry and Jeanne Hébert, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1732, brother of Jean, Pierre, and Ursule, came to Louisiana from Halifax via St.-Domingue in February 1765 with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party and followed them to Bayou Teche. Spanish officials counted him in the "District of the Point," later called Fausse Pointe, in the spring of 1766, with no one else in his household. Later in the decade, he moved to Ascension, where he was counted on the left, or east, bank of the river in 1770, still single. He married Monique, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Dupuis, at Ascension in May 1773; he was 41 years old at the time of the wedding. In 1777, they were living on the east bank of the river at Ascension. They may have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children.
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A Guédry came to Louisiana from Maryland in the late 1760s, but no new family line came of it:
In 1767, Ursule Guédry of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, age 37, sister of Jean, Joseph, and Pierre, came with husband Pierre-Paul Boutin of Grand-Pré, age 50, four children, ages 15 to 3, and a Boutin orphan, probably a niece, age 16. The Spanish sent them to a new settlement, St.-Gabriel d'Iberville, on the river above Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, but they did not remain there. Ursule and her family moved to the Opelousas District during the late 1760s or early 1770s.
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In early 1768, two Guédry families, one led by a widow, both related, came from Port Tobacco, Maryland, with the large extended family led by brothers Alexis and Honoré Breau of Pigiguit. Spanish governor Ulloa forced them to settle at Fort San Luìs de Natchez, far upriver, across from present-day Natchez, Mississippi, where they did not want to go. A colonial revolt ousted Ulloa in late 1768, and his successor, General Alejandro O'Reilly, released the Acadians from Natchez in 1769. The Guédrys moved downriver to Ascension, between St.-Jacques and St.-Gabriel, but not all of them remained there:
Anne-Madeleine Dupuis, age 35, widow of Jean Guédry, came with five children--Firmin, age 16, Madeleine, age 14, Anne-Monique, called Monique, age 8, Jean-Baptiste, age 7, and Élisabeth, or Isabelle, age 3. Anne-Madeleine, son Firmin, and her daughters remained on the river, but in the 1780s Jean-Baptiste joined his uncle Pierre on the western prairies and helped create a western branch of the family. Meanwhile, Monique married into the Breaux family and settled in what became Iberville Parish, where she died a widow in April 1842, in her early 80s. Madeleine and Élisabeth may not have married.
Pierre Guédry of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, age 26, younger brother of Joseph and Ursule and brother-in-law of Anne Dupuis, came with wife Marguerite Dupuis, age 27, and daughter Marie, age 3. Marguerite died soon after they reached the colony, and Pierre remarried to a Babin at San Luìs de Natchez. After Governor-General O'Reilly let them go, Pierre and his new wife also went to Ascension, but they did not remain there. In the mid-1770s, they crossed the Atchafalaya Basin to the Opelousas District and established a western branch of the family.
Descendants of Firmin GUIDRY (c1752-1799)
Firmin, son of Jean Guédry and Anne-Madeleine Dupuis, born probably at L'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1752, nephew of Joseph and Pierre, was exiled to Maryland in 1755. In 1768, he came to Louisiana from Port Tobacco, Maryland, with his widowed mother and siblings and followed them to Fort San Luìs de Natchez. A year or so later, he followed his mother to Ascension on the Acadian Coast, where Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river in 1770 and 1777. He married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Landry, at nearby St.-Gabriel in 1786, but they settled at Ascension. Their daughter married into the Allain family. Firmin died at Ascension in February 1799; he was only 46 years old. Most of his sons created families of their own. His oldest son settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. His second and third sons settled upriver near the boundary between what became Iberville and Ascension parishes.
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Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in June 1788, married Madeleine Renée, called Renée, daughter of fellow Acadian Théodore Dugas, at Ascension in January 1806. They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche near the boundary of what became Ascension and Assumption parishes and raised a large family there.
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Sébastien-Joseph, born at Ascension in January 1790, married Eulalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Braud, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in April 1812. Their son Lucien Joseph was born near St. Gabriel in December 1813, Sébastien, fils in October 1821, and Eugène posthumously in October 1826 but died the following November. Their daughters married into the Blanchard, Broussard, and Richard families. Sébastien died near St. Gabriel in February 1826; the priest who recorded his burial said that Sébastien was 30 years old when he died, but he was 36.
Lucien married Marie Geralde or Gérarde, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Léandre Braud, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in May 1835. ...
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Édouard-Chanter, a twin, born at Ascension in August 1795, married Marie Françoise, called Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Gautreaux, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in November 1823. They lived near the boundary between Ascension and Iberville parishes. Their son Firmin Philosin was born in December 1824. Édouard remarried to Marie Louise, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Emmanuel Breaux of St. James Parish, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in March 1829. They, too, lived near the boundary between Ascension and Iberville parishes. Their son Joseph was born in July 1830, and Joseph Dufrossard in June 1832. Édouard died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in November 1835; he was only 40 years old.
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Jean-Marie, Édouard-Chanters's twin, died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in April 1812. He was only 16 years old.
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The arrival date of an Acadian Guédry who settled at New Orleans is difficult to pinpoint:
Descendants of Antoine GUIDRY (c1754-)
Antoine, son of Charles Guédry and his first wife Adélaïde-Madeleine Hébert, born probably at La Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse, Île Royale, in c1754, was deported to France with his family aboard the British transport Supply in late 1758. They reached St.-Malo in March 1759 and settled at nearby Bonnaban, at LaGouesnière, and at St.-Servan. During the early 1770s, Antoine followed his father, stepmother, and siblings to Poitou as part of a scheme to settle Acadians on an influential nobleman's land near the city of Châtellerault. After the venture failed, Antoine retreated with them to Nantes, France, in November 1775. Later in the decade, perhaps as a sailor aboard a French privateer or merchant ship during the American Revolution, Antoine found his way to Louisiana, where he married cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Hébert and widow of Augustin Morin, at New Orleans in July 1780. Marie was from St.-Gabriel on the Acadian Coast. In 1785, Antoine's father, stepmother, and siblings reached Louisiana from France and settled at Manchac, just north of St.-Gabriel, but Antoine and Marie remained in the city, among the few Acadians to settle there. His father died at New Orleans in September 1797, perhaps at Antoine's home. ...
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A son, name unrecorded, born probably at New Orleans in c1784, died in the city, age 3, in July 1787.
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Antoine-Eusèbe was baptized at New Orleans, age unrecorded, in February 1786.
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In 1785, Guédrys emigrated to Louisiana from France aboard three or four of the Seven Ships. Many of them chose to settle on the river above New Orleans, especially at Manchac, south of Baton Rouge:
Charles Guédry of Port-Royal, age 59, twice a widower, crossed on Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in August. With him were four children--Anne-Laurance, age 26, Joseph, age 18, Jean-Pierre, age 17, and Jacques-Servais, age 15. They followed the majority of their fellow passengers to Manchac, south of Baton Rouge. Charles did not remarry. Anne-Laurance married into the Doiron family and settled at Manchac, as did her brothers Joseph and Jean-Pierre. Jacques-Servan moved to upper Bayou Lafourche. Charles died at New Orleans, perhaps at his oldest son Antoine's home, in September 1797; Charles was 71 years old. Anne may have died at St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in 1809, age 50.
Charles's oldest son Pierre-Jean Guédry, age 23, crossed on Le Beaumont with his French wife Louise Blandin, age 27, and no children. They settled at Manchac.
Jean Guédry dit Grivois, age 57, crossed on Le Beaumont with wife Marie LeBlanc, age 55, two sons--Jean, fils, age 27, and Jacques, age 17--and cousin Josèphe-Marie Célestin dit Bellemère, age 19. They were among the few 1785 arrivals who went to St.-Jacques, which had become crowded with Acadians over the previous two decades. By 1791, Jean dit Gravois and Marie had moved to upper Bayou Lafourche. Both of their sons married at St.-Jacques, but the older one followed his parents to the upper bayou.
Pierre-Janvier Guédry of L'Assomption, Pigiguit, age 31, crossed on Le Beaumont with wife Marie-Josèphe Lebert of Rivière-aux-Canards, age 31, four children--Pierre-Joseph, age 10, Marie-Rose, age 6, Jean-Pierre, age 4, and infant Joseph-Firmin--and nephew Pierre-Jean-Joseph-Joachim Lebert, age 13, an orphan. They went to Manchac before moving to upper Bayou Lafourche. Nephew Pierre-Jean-Joseph-Joachim moved on to the Attakapas District.
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Claude Guédry of Cobeguit, age 71, crossed on La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in December. With him was second wife Anne Moyse, age 54, and six children--Marie-Cécile, age 21, François-Xavier, age 19, Suliac-Charles, age 17, Malo-Bénoni, age 15, Pierre-Claude, age 12, and Olivier, age 8. They probably followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to the new Acadian community of Bayou des Écores, north of Baton Rouge, before moving to the old Fort Bute area north of Bayou Manchac. At Manchac, Marie-Cécile married into the Aucoin, Benz, and Robichaux families. Most of Claude's sons settled near Manchac as well, but youngest son Olivier moved to Bayou Lafourche.
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The Guédrys from France who remained on the river added substantially to the number of family lines there:
Pierre-Jean GUIDRY (1762-1833)
Pierre-Jean, eldest son of Charles Guédry and his second wife Agnès Bourg, born at LaGouesnière, near St.-Malo, France, in February 1762, became a carpenter in France. He followed his parents to Poitou in the early 1770s as part of what proved to be a failed attempt to settle Acadians on an influential nobleman's land and retreated with them to Nantes, France, in November 1775. He married Frenchwoman Louise Blandin probably at Nantes in the early 1780s. They came to Louisiana aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785, and followed his parents to Manchac. Pierre died in East Baton Rouge Parish in May 1833; the priest who recorded his burial said that Pierre was "ca. 69 yrs." old when he died, but he was 71. He and his wife may have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children.
Descendants of Joseph GUIDRY (1766-1800s)
Joseph, second son of Charles Guédry and his second wife Agnès Bourg, born at St.-Servan, near St.-Malo, France, in March 1766, followed his parents to Poitou in the early 1770s as part of what proved to be a failed attempt to settle Acadians on an influential nobleman's land and retreated with them to Nantes, France, in November 1775. He came to Louisiana with his widowed father and siblings aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785, and followed them to Manchac. They settled near old Fort Bute, north of Bayou Manchac, where he married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Honoré Breau, in October 1795. Joseph died probably at Manchac by February 1807, when his wife remarried at nearby St. Gabriel. Both of his sons abandoned the river and moved to Bayou Lafourche.
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Older son Jean-Charles, called Charles, born at Manchac in January 1799, married Céleste, daughter of German Creole Charles Falgout of St. Charles Parish and widow of Joseph Gaudet, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1839. They remained on Bayou Lafourche.
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Younger son Joseph-Hippolyte, called Hippolyte, born at Manchac in October 1801, married Clarisse, daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Hébert, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1823. They also remained on Bayou Lafourche.
Jean-Pierre GUIDRY (1768-)
Jean-Pierre, third son of Charles Guédry and his second wife Agnès Bourg, born at St.-Servan, near St.-Malo, France, in January 1768, followed his parents to Poitou in the early 1770s as part of what proved to be a failed attempt to settle Acadians on an influential nobleman's land and retreated with them to Nantes, France, in November 1775. He came to Louisiana with his widowed father and siblings aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785, and followed them to old Fort Bute, north of Bayou Manchac. Jean Pierre married Marie Céline, daughter of Pierre Vachard, at Baton Rouge in June 1813; he was 45 years old at the time of the wedding. Jean remarried to Vicenta, daughter of Spanish Creole Juan Andres Rodriguez, at Baton Rouge in April 1819; Jean Pierre was 51 year old when he remarried. Did he father any children with either of his wives?
Descendants of Jacques-Servais GUIDRY (1770-1843)
Jacques-Servais, fourth and youngest son of Charles Guédry and his second wife Agnès Bourg, born at St.-Servan, near St.-Malo, France, in March 1770, followed his parents to Poitou in the early 1770s as part of what proved to be a failed attempt to settle Acadians on an influential nobleman's land and retreated with them to Nantes, France, in November 1775. He came to Louisiana with his widowed father and siblings aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785, and followed them to old Fort Bute, north of Bayou Manchac, but Jacques did not remain there. He married Isabelle, also called Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadian Antoine Babin, at Ascension, downriver on the Acadian Coast, in September 1797. Their daughters married into the Frederick, Hébert, and Samson families. Daughter Melite's daughter Joséphine, who called herself a Guidry, married Alexis, son of Isleño Creole François Placentia, at the Donalsonville church, Ascension Parish, in March 1837; this was seven years after Melite married Clement Samson, so the identity of Joséphine's father is unknown. Jacques Servais died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in September 1843; the priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, did say that Jacques was "a nat. of San Malo, France," and died at "age 74 yrs.," but he was "only" 73. Evidently he and his family lived near the boundary between Ascension and Iberville parishes. Only Jacques's oldest son created a family of his own and settled at the western edge of Ascension Parish.
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Oldest son Jean-Narcisse, called Narcisse, born at Ascension in October 1798, married Agnès, daughter of French Creole Michel Bodin or Boudin, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in December 1821. They settled near the boundary between Iberville and Ascension parishes. Their son Jérôme Trasimond was born near St. Gabriel in September 1822, Damas Émile in September 1827, Émile Joseph in Ascension Parish in March 1833, Louis Thomas in November 1835, and a newborn son, name unrecorded, died near St. Gabriel in April 1838. Their daughters married into the Braud and Laboye families. ...
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Jean died at Ascension 8 days after his birth in July 1803.
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Youngest son Valéry Appolin, born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in April 1808, died in Ascension Parish in October 1830. He was only 22 years old and probably did not marry.
Descendants of François-Xavier GUIDRY (1764-1827)
François-Xavier, eldest son of Claude Guédry and his second wife Anne Moyse, born at St.-Suliac, near St.-Malo, France, in September 1764, came to Louisiana with his parents and siblings aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, in 1785. He followed them to Bayou des Écores, north of Baton Rouge, and then to old Fort Bute at Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, where he married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre LeBlanc, in the early 1800s. François died probably at Manchac, East Baton Rouge Parish, in September 1827; he was 63 years old.
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Oldest son Charles François, born at Manchac in February 1809, may have married Anglo American Lotetia Tompson and settled near Baton Rouge by 1840. ...
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Louis, born at Manchac in October 1810, may have died near Baton Rouge in August 1847. The priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Louis died at "age 32 yrs.," but this Louis would have been 36.
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Youngest son Célestin, baptized at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, age 4 months, in September 1818, ...
Descendants of Suliac-Charles GUIDRY (1765-)
Suliac-Charles, second son of Claude Guédry an his second wife Anne Moyse, born at St.-Suliac, near St.-Malo, France, in November 1765, came to Louisiana with his parents and siblings aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, in 1785. He followed them to Bayou des Écores, north of Baton Rouge, and then to old Fort Bute at Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, where he married Rose-Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Aucoin, in December 1789. Rose also had come to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel. Their daughter married into the Perron and Ramirez families. ...
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Oldest son Firmin-Isidore, born at Manchac in August 1792, married Azélie, also called Julia, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph LeBlanc, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in December 1812. Their son Firmin, fils was born probably at Manchac in August 1815, Sosthène in May 1818, and Villeneuve in May 1823. Their daughter married into the Hébert family. Firmin Isidore died in East Baton Rouge Parish in September 1834; the Baton Rouge priest who recorded his burial said that Firmin was 38 years old when he died, but he was 42.
Firmin, fils likely married Carmelite Marand, Miranda, Mirande, or Mirana. If so, their son Augustus was born near Baton Rouge in September 1838, Francis Lewis in September 1842, and Firmin III in May 1845. ...
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Jean Baptiste, born at Manchac in July 1804, ...
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Youngest son Charles, born at Manchac in January 1812, died at age 2 in September 1815.
Descendants of Malo-Bénoni GUIDRY (1767-)
Malo-Bénoni, third son of Claude Guédry an his second wife Anne Moyse, born at St.-Suliac, near St.-Malo, France, in January 1767, came to Louisiana with his parents and siblings aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, in 1785. He followed them to Bayou des Écores, north of Baton Rouge, and then to old Fort Bute at Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, where he married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Ambroise Dupuis, in July 1797. Marguerite also had come to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel. Their daughter married into the Landry family. ...
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Older son Angèl died at Manchac the day after his birth in October 1806.
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Younger son Jean Baptiste, born in St. James Parish in January 1810, married Jeuly Augustine, called Augustine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Trahan, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in April 1834. Their son Jean Baptiste, fils was born in East Baton Rouge Parish in August 1836. Jean Baptiste may have died near Baton Rouge in February 1844; the priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that Jean Baptiste died at "age 35 yrs."; this Jean Baptiste would have been 34.
Descendants of Pierre-Claude GUIDRY (1771-1810)
Pierre-Claude, fourth son of Claude Guédry and his second wife Anne Moyse, born at St.-Suliac, near St.-Malo, France, in June 1771, came to Louisiana with his parents and siblings aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, in 1785. He followed them to Bayou des Écores, north of Baton Rouge, and then to old Fort Bute at Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, where he married Anne-Marie or Marie-Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian René Landry and widow of Simon-François Daigle, in August 1797. Marie also had come to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel. Their daughters married into the Courfaut and Hébert families. Pierre Claude died at Manchac in June 1810; he was only 39 years old.
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Older son François, baptized at Baton Rouge, age 1 1/2, in July 1800, ...
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Younger son Pierre, baptized at Baton Rouge, age 8 months, in January 1803, ...
Descendants of Jacques GUIDRY (c1768-1801)
Jacques, younger son of Jean Guédry dit Gravois and Marie LeBlanc, born in France in c1768, became a carpenter there. He came to Louisiana with his parents, older brother, and a cousin aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785, and followed them to St.-Jacques, where he married Anne-Marie, called Marie, daughter of French Creole Jacques Bonvillain of St.-Charles des Allemands, in July 1789. Jacque's parents and older brother moved to upper Bayou Lafourche, but Jacques and Marie remained on the river. Their daughters married into the Destreval, LeBoeuf, Michel (French or German Creole, not Acadian), and Oubre families. Jacques died at St.-Jacques in October 1801; he was only 34 years old.
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Oldest son Michel, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in May 1794, probably died young.
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Philemon, born at St.-Jacques in May 1795, married Eulalie, daughter of Spanish Creole Louis Rodrique or Rodrigues, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in November 1815. Their son Philemon, fils was born near Convent in February 1817, Jean Baptiste Fulger in October 1818, Marcel or Marcellin in April 1820, Pantaléon in July 1825, and Alexandre Urbin in March 1829. Their daughter married a Michel (French or German Creole, not Acadian) first cousin and settled on Bayou Lafourche. ...
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Marcellin married first cousin Scholastique, daughter of French or German Creole Pierre Michel, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in February 1842; Scholastique's mother was Marcellin's aunt, Celeste Guidry, so he and Scholastique had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry; also, Marcellin's sister Adélaïde married Scholastique's brother Pierre, fils. Marcellin and Scholastique's son Marcel, fils was born near Convent in February 1845. ...
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Philemon, fils married Louisa, daughter of German Creole Michel Matherne, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in January 1844. They settled near Convent. ...
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Pierre, born at St.-Jacques in October 1796, married Marie Basiline or Basilite, daughter of fellow Acadian François Duhon, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in February 1822. Their son Pierre Thomasin was born near Convent in October 1824 but died at age 9 in August 1834, Pierre Lucien was born in January 1828, and Pierre Théobert in June 1830 but died at age 3 1/2 in March 1834. ...
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Youngest son Paul-Jacques or Jacques-Paul, called Jacques, born posthumously at St.-Jacques in February 1802, married Angeline or Eugènie, daughter of French Creole Paul Pertuit, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in January 1832; Angeline's mother was a Michel. They settled near the boundary of St. James and Ascension parishes. Their son Camille was born in June 1842, and Joseph Victor in November 1844. ...
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Other GUIDRYs on the River
Area church and civil records make it difficult to link many Guidrys on the river with known Acadian lines of the family there:
Anne Guidry, "a widow," died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in January 1809. The priest who recorded her burial said that she was 73 years old when she died, but he did not bother to record her parents' names or mention her dead husband. Was this Anne-Laurance, daughter of Charles Guidry, who married Jean Baptiste Doiron and lived at Manchac, north of St. Gabriel? If so, she would have been closer to 50 than to 73 in 1809.
Jean, fils, son of Jean Guidry, died near Baton Rouge in June 1814. He was only 12 years old.
Joseph Guidry married Marguerite Tircuit. Their daughter Céleste married Firmin, fils, son of Firmin Lepetre of Etaples, pas-de-Calais, France, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in September 1816. One wonders which of the many Joseph Guidrys this might have been.
Anne Marie Guidry, "Canadian," married Jean Baptiste Bou, "Canadian," in a civil ceremony, place unrecorded, in c1819, and sanctified the marriage at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1824. The priest who recorded the sanctification did not give the couple's parents' names. Was Anne Marie descended from an Acadian Guédry who found refuge in Canada during Le Grand Dérangement?
Monique Guidry died at St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in January 1823. The priest who recorded her burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a husband, said that Monique died at "age 86, a widow." Who was she? With an estimated birth year of c1737, if she was an Acadian, she surely was an immigrant. So who were her parents and her husband, and where did she live in Acadia?
Éloi, also called Édouard, son of Pierre Guidry and Mary Josep or Josey, married Kisio, Kesia, or Kesiah, daughter of Joseph Gary, Guru, Gury, or Perkins, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in November 1838. Their son Manuel was baptized at the Baton Rouge church, age unrecorded, in November 1839, Félix was born in September 1840, and Auguste in September 1842. Was Éloi/Édouard's father Pierre the younger son of Pierre Claude Guidry of Baton Rouge?
Edmond Guidry died near Convent, St. James Parish, in April 1840. The priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Edmond died at "age 50 yrs."
John Guidry "of West Baton Rouge parish" died in October 1840. The Baton Rouge priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names, said that John died at "age ca. 19 yrs." So who were his parents?
Gabriel Guidry married Julie, also called Eugènie, Melançon and settled in Ascension Parish by 1841. Their son Louis Lacroix was born in Ascension Parish in May 1845.
Marcellin Guidry married fellow Acadian Marie Hortense Melançon. Their son Joseph Justinien was born near St. Gabriel in October 1843 but died at age 4 in Ascension Parish in November 1847, and Augustin was born in Ascension Parish in December 1846. Were Gabriel and Marcellin brothers? If so, who were their parents? How were their wives kin?
Charles Guidry married Abigail Eliza Fleshman and settled near Baton Rouge by the mid-1840s.
LOUISIANA: LAFOURCHE VALLEY SETTLEMENTS
Some of the Guédrys who came to Louisiana from France in 1785 chose to go to upper Bayou Lafourche, but no new family lines came of it:
Jean-Baptiste Guédry of L'Assomption, Pigiguit, crossed on either Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in July, or Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in August. With him were wife Marguerite Lebert of Rivière-aux-Canards, age 32, three children--Pierre-Jean-Marie, age 9, François, age 4, and infant Marguerite-Félicité--and niece Marguerite-Marie Lebert, age 14, an orphan. Marguerite may not have survived the crossing or may have died in New Orleans soon after they reached the colony. Most of Jean-Baptiste's fellow passengers chose to settle at Manchac or Baton Rouge on the river, but if Jean-Baptiste himself survived the voyage and took his family to Manchac, they did not stay there for long. Jean-Baptiste died by January 1791, when his 9-year-old son François was counted in an upper Bayou Lafourche census with another family. Jean-Baptiste's brother Joseph took in his orphaned children. Jean-Baptiste's son Pierre-Jean-Marie and his daughter Marguerite-Félicité died young. Son François moved on to the Attakapas District, where he married in 1808 and perpetuated this line of the family.
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Joseph Guédry of L'Assomption, Pigiguit, age 36, Jean-Baptiste's brother, crossed on Le Beaumont wife Madeleine Comeau, age 34, and four children--Marie-Jeanne, age 9, Marguerite-Adélaïde, age 7, Joseph, fils, age 2, and infant Renée-Élisabeth. If they followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to Baton Rouge, they did not remain there for long; Spanish officials counted them at Valenzuéla on upper Bayou Lafourche in 1788. They moved from upper Bayou Lafourche to the Attakapas District in the late 1790s. Their youngest daughter remained on the Lafourche, however, and married into the Hébert family.
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Marguerite-Victoire Guédry of Île Royale, age 34, crossed on Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in September. With her were husband Jean-Charles Boudrot of L'Assomption, Pigiguit, age 51, and five children and stepchildren, ages 21 to infancy. Marguerite-Victoire remarried to Spanish Creole Gregorio Chico at Lafourche in February 1793 and settled with him and her many children on the upper bayou.
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Not until the 1790s, when Guédrys who had come from France and had gone to river settlements relocated to upper Bayou Lafourche, did the bayou become a third center of family settlement:
Jean Guidry dit Grivois's succession record was filed at what became the Thibodauxville courthouse, Interior Parish, in August 1807. He would have been 79 years old that year.
Descendants of Pierre-Janvier GUIDRY (c1754-1793)
Pierre-Janvier, called Janvier, third son of Claude Guédry and his first wife Anne Lejeune, born at L'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1754, was deported probably from Île St.-Jean to France with his family aboard one of the five British transports in late 1758. They reached St.-Malo in January 1759 and lived at nearby Châteauneuf and St.-Suliac. Janvier became a workman in France. He married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Lebert, at Plouër, near St.-Malo, February 1773, on the eve of their going to Poitou as part of what proved to be a failed attempt to settle Acadians on an influential nobleman's land near the city of Châtellerault. After the ventured failed, they retreated with other Acadians to Nantes in November 1775. They came to Louisiana with four children and a Lebert nephew aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785, and settled near old Fort Bute, Manchac, south of Baton Rouge. They had more children in Louisiana, including sons. In the early 1790s, they moved to upper Bayou Lafourche. Their daughters married into the Dantin and Pitre families. Janvier died at Assumption in September 1793, in his late 30s. Three, perhaps four, of his five sons settled on the Lafourche.
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Oldest son Pierre-Joseph, born at Châtellerault, France, in October 1774, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Bergeron, at Assumption in January 1798. Their son Charles-Joseph, also called Charley Joseph, was born at Assumption in August 1800, Jean-Baptiste in May 1802, Napoléon in November 1808, and Alexandre in April 1814. Their daughters married into the Benoit, Chiasson, Harris, and Lirette families. Pierre Joseph died by June 1822, when a parish clerk noted in a civil document at the Houma courthouse that Pierre's wife Marguerite's "2nd husband is Jean Baptiste Beausergeant."
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Charles Joseph married Lucie or Lucille Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Chiasson, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1821, recorded the marriage in Terrebonne Parish the following month, and sanctified the marriage at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in November 1825. Their son Jean Baptiste was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1827, Charles Jean Baptiste in January 1831, Hubert Ovile in October 1834, and Joseph was baptized at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, age unrecorded, in February 1841[sic]. Their daughters married into the Gautreaux and Ledet families. Charles died in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1838; the Thibodauxville priest who recorded his burial said that Charles died "at age 35 yrs.," but he was 37.
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Jean Baptiste married Iréné, 19-year-old daughter of French Creole Albert Beausergeant of St. Landry Parish, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1821; the marriage was recorded in Terrebonne Parish also the following month. Jean Baptiste remarried to Marie Marcelline, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Thibodeaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in November 1823; this marriage also was recorded in Terrebonne Parish. Their son Jean Baptiste Napoléon was born probably in Terrebonne Parish in July 1830, Alexandre D. in November 1835, and Jean Baptiste, fils in February 1837. Their daughter married into the Richard family. ...
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Napoléon married Pauline, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Aucoin, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in November 1832; they had registered the marriage in Terrebonne Parish earlier that month, so they probably were living in that parish. They settled near the boundary between Lafourche Interior and Terrebonne parishes. Their son Jean Napoléon was born in January 1836, Onésime Henri in July 1837, and Pierre Frinklin, probably Franklin, in June 1844. Their daughter married into the Malbrough family. ...
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Alexandre married Marie Félicité, called Félicité, Marcel. Their son Joseph Diogène was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1839. Alexandre's succession inventory record was filed at the Houma courthouse, Terrebonne Parish, in December 1845, the same month a daughter was born; he would have been 34 years old that year.
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Jean-Pierre, born at St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, France, in July 1781, married Marianne, daughter of French Creole Pierre Daspit of New Orleans, at Assumption in September 1801. Their son Pierre-Eugène, called Eugène, was born at Assumption in June 1802. ...
Eugène married Marie Célesie, called Elise or Lise, 19-year-old daughter of French Creole Jean Baptiste Charpentier, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1821; Marie's mother was a Gaudet. Their son Eugène Seroul was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1826, Paul in March 1836, Jean Julien in January 1837, Adolphe in December 1838, and Hegesipe Octave in April 1843. Their daughters married into the Daspit and Duplantis families. ...
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Joseph-Firmin, called Firmin, born at St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, France, in October 1784, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadian Ignace Carret, at Assumption in January 1802. They settled near the boundary of what became Ascension and Assumption parishes. Their son Joseph-Léandre, called Léandre, was born at Assumption in October 1802, Janvier le jeune in Ascension Parish in January 1808, and Jean Pierre le jeune in Assumption Parish in February 1809. They also had a son named Béloni or Bénoni le jeune. Their daughter married into the Angelito, Doucet, and Olivier (French Creole or Foreign French, not Acadian) families. Firmin died in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1842; the Thibodaux priest who recorded his burial said that Firmin died "at age 60 yrs.," but he was "only" 57.
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Léandre married Marcellite Susanne, 17-year-old daughter of French Creole Jacques Terrebonne of Chenière Caminada on the Gulf of Mexico, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1828. Their son Joseph Théophile was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1829, and Ovide in January 1841. ...
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Janvier le jeune married Adèle, daughter of French Creole Augeron, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1829; Adele's mother was a Mazière. Their son Joseph Firmin le jeune was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1829, Charley Adrien in March 1834, Jean Baptiste Lagande in January 1838, Louis in November 1839, Alexis Théophile in February 1848, and Valfroid Onésippe in November 1849. ...
Joseph Firmin le jeune married Marie Esilda, daughter of Georges Loup or Loope, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1849, and sanctified that marriage at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1850. ...
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Jean Pierre le jeune married Marie Théotiste, 18-year-old daughter of French Creole Pierre Richoux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in October 1831. ...
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Bénoni le jeune married Modeste, daughter of Éloi Maronge, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1844; Modeste's mother was a Dantin. ...
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Bénoni was born at Manchac in February 1787. His succession record was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse in September 1807; he would have been only 20 years old that year and may not have married, unless he was the Bénoni Guidry who married Loyse Fitche probably in Lafourche Interior Parish in the late 1830s.
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Youngest son Jean-Joseph, born at Manchac in October 1788, may have died young.
Descendants of Jean GUIDRY, fils (c1758-1790s)
Jean, fils, also called Jean-Fabien, elder son of Jean Guédry dit Gravois and Marie LeBlanc, born on Île St.-Jean in c1758, was deported to France as an infant later that year. He became a carpenter in France and came to Louisiana with his parents, younger brother, and a cousin aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785. He followed them to St.-Jacques, where he married Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Boudreaux, in March 1786. Céleste, a native of Île St.-Pierre or Île Miquelon, had come to Louisiana aboard La Caroline, the last of the Seven Ships. By 1791, they had moved to upper Bayou Lafourche. They may have lived briefly in the Opelousas District during the early 1790s. Their daughter married into the Daunis family. Jean, fils died by October 1794, when his wife remarried at Assumption.
Jean-Charles, born at Lafourche in July 1790, may have died young. If so, this line of the family, except for its blood, died with him.
Descendants of Olivier GUIDRY (c1777-)
Olivier, fourth and youngest son of Claude Guédry and his second wife Anne Moyse, born in France in c1777, came to Louisiana with his parents and siblings aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, in 1785. He followed them to Bayou des Écores, north of Baton Rouge, and then to old Fort Bute at Manchac, but he did not settle there. He moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche in the 1790s and married Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Bergeron of St.-Jacques, at Assumption in August 1800. They settled near the boundary of what became Ascension and Assumption parishes before moving down bayou to Lafourche Interior Parish. Their daughters married into the Autin, Barrios (Spanish Creole, not Acadian), Charpentier, Danos, Furet or Yuvet, and Plaisance families. One of his sons settled in Terrebonne Parish. ...
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Oldest son Édouard, baptized at Assumption, age unrecorded, in March 1804, may have died young.
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Valmond, born at Ascension in February 1807, also may have died young.
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Joseph, born in Ascension Parish in June 1808, married Charlotte, 20-year-old daughter of French Creole Michel Morvant, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1838. Their son Joseph Ulysse was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1839. ...
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Ludgère or Ulgère, also called Léandre and Legendre, born in Assumption Parish in March 1811, married Césaire, 19-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Savoie, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1834. Their son Ulgère Valère was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1835, Lucien in October 1836, Ulysse Auguste in May 1838, Baptiste Donatien Amédée in April 1842, François Basile in June 1843, Adrien Félicien in July 1844, and Justinien Marcellin in February 1847. ...
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Marcellin, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in c1814, married, while a resident of Terrebonne Parish, Telcide, 17-year-old daughter of Guillaume Danos of Iberville Parish, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1834. They settled near the boundary between Lafourche Interior and Terrebonne parishes. Their son Joseph Marcellin was born in November 1835, and Alexis Napoléon in January 1848. ...
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Youngest son Moïse, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1824, married Henriette Adela, daughter of French Creole Charles Sevin, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1843; Henriette's mother was a Savoie. Their son Joseph Moïse was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in May 1844, and Prosper Onésippe in June 1846. ...
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During the antebellum period, more Guidrys left the river and settled in the Bayou Lafourche valley, some as far down as the Terrebonne country, adding substantially to the center of family settlement in southeastern Louisiana:
Descendants of Jean-Baptiste GUIDRY (1773-)
Jean-Baptiste, also called Alexandre, third son of Joseph Guidry and Élisabeth Comeaux, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in January 1773, married cousin Marguerite, also called Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadian François Comeaux, at St.-Jacques in July 1805. They settled in what became St. James Parish and then moved to Bayou Lafourche by the 1820s. Their daughters married into the Belanger, Charpentier, Guidry, and Roger families. Jean Baptiste remarried to Isabelle Derrebie, widow of Vincent Comardelle, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1842; Jean Baptiste was close to 70 years old at the time of the wedding! ...
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Their oldest son, by his first wife, name and age unrecorded, died at St.-Jacques in September 1807.
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François, by his first wife, born in St. James Parish in November 1812, ...
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Edmond, by his first wife, born in St. James Parish in c1813, married cousin Elmire Irma Azel, 16-year-old daughter of French Creole Hubert Belanger of St. James Parish, in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in April 1835; Elmire's mother, also, was a Comeaux. They lived near the boundary between Lafourche Interior and Terrebonne parishes. Their son Joseph Ulgère was born in September 1837, Edmond Michel in December 1840, Célestin in April 1843, and Clairville le jeune in December 1848. ...
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Jean Baptiste Sylvère, by his first wife, born near Convent, St. James Parish, in January 1816, ...
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Jérôme, also called Ermogène, from his first wife, born in St. James Parish in October 1817, (but the priest who recorded his marriage said he was a native of St. John the Baptist Parish), married Annette, called Nanette, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Arcement, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1839. Their son Louis was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1845. ...
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François Célestin, called Célestin, from his first wife, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1822, married Marie, 17-year-old daughter of French Creole Joseph Dufrene, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1844; Marie's mother was an Arceneaux, perhaps an Acadian one. Their son Joseph Alidor was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1845, and Onésippe in December 1848. ...
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Jean Euphrosin, called Phrosin, from his first wife, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1824, married Éléonise or Cléonise, also called Claudine, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Arcement of Terrebonne Parish, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1846; the marriage was recorded also in Terrebonne Parish. Their son Alidor was born in Terrebonne Parish in September 1850. ...
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Pierre Carville or Clairville, by his first wife, born in Assumption Parish in October 1825, married Amelie, 16-year-old daughter of Pierre Lajanni, Lajaunni, Lajeuni, or Lajeonisse, in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in December 1848, and sanctified the marriage at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, the following April. ...
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Joseph Hermogène, perhaps called Hermogène, from his first wife, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1830, may have married Meranthe Comardelle and settled in Lafourche Interior Parish by the late 1840s. ...
Descendants of Jean-Baptiste GUIDRY (1788-1825)
Jean-Baptiste, eldest son of Firmin Guidry and Marguerite Landry, baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in June 1788, married Madeleine Renée, called Renée, daughter of fellow Acadian Théodore Dugas, at Ascension in January 1806. They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche near the boundary of what became Ascension and Assumption parishes. Their daughter married into the Blanchard family. Jean Baptiste died in Assumption Parish in April 1825; he was only 36 years old.
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Oldest son Thomas Hubert, called Hubert, Ouvert, Uber, or Ubert, born at Ascension in December 1806, married Cléonise, Léonise, or Louise, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1827. Their son Joseph Fostin was born in Assumption Parish in March 1829, Joseph in November 1830 but died at age 2 in November 1832, Joseph Aristide was born in June 1832, Joseph Casimir in February 1836, and Joseph Jean Baptiste near Paincourtville in September 1843. Their daughter married into the Templet family. ...
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Gédéon, born in Ascension Parish in August 1808, married Armelise, Artemesia, Carmelite, or Emelise, daughter of fellow Acadian Alain Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1826. Their son Jean Baptiste Firmin was born in Assumption Parish in September 1827, Agnan in November 1830, Joseph Félix in April 1833, Joseph Telesphore, called Telesphore, in August 1837 but died at age 3 in October 1840, André Leufroi was born in December 1838, and Félix Bienvenu near Paincourtville in November 1844. ...
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Édouard Sabin, born in Ascension Parish in December 1810, died in Ascension Parish in July 1833. He was only 22 years old and probably did not marry.
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Narcisse Cosme, born in Assumption Parish in September 1815, married cousin Virginie, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Savoie, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in March 1840; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry. Their son Paul Elphége was born near Plattenville in February 1842, and Jean Baptiste Enoch in February 1844. ...
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Basile Leufroi, called Leufroi, born in Ascension Parish in January 1818, married Eléonore, daughter of fellow Acadian Apollinaire Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1838. They may have lived briefly in West Baton Rouge Parish. Their son Joseph Louis Bienvenu was born near Paincourtville in August 1847. ...
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Isidore Jean Baptiste, born in Assumption Parish in May 1820, died at age 14 months in July 1821.
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Youngest son Jean Baptiste Gérard, born posthumously in Assumption Parish in September 1825, died in Ascension Parish at age 2 1/2 in May 1828.
Descendants of Joseph-Frédéric GUIDRY (1780s or 1790s-)
Joseph Frédéric, called Frédéric, son of Joseph Guidry and Élisabeth Breaux, married Anne Rosalie, daughter of Acadian Pierre LeBlanc, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1811 (one wonders if the groom's parents were actually Joseph Guidry and Élisabeth Comeaux of St. James Parish on the river). Their daughters married into the Badeaux, Borne, and Knobloch families. They may have had no sons; none, at least, who appear in local church records.
Descendants of Jean-Charles GUIDRY (1799-)
Jean-Charles, called Charles, elder son of Joseph Guidry and Marie-Madeleine Breaux, born at Manchac on the river in January 1799, married Céleste, daughter of German Creole Charles Falgout of St. Charles Parish and widow of Joseph Gaudet, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1839; Jean-Charles was 40 years old at the time of the wedding. They remained on Bayou Lafourche. ...
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Older son Charles Joseph, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1839, ...
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François Ernest, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1841, ...
Descendants of Joseph-Hippolyte GUIDRY (1801-1850)
Joseph-Hippolyte, called Hippolyte, younger son of Joseph Guidry and Marie-Madeleine Breaux, born at Manchac on the river in October 1801, married Clarisse, daughter of fellow Acadian François Hébert, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1823. They remained on Bayou Lafourche. Their daughter married into the Boutary family. Hippolyte died in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1850; he was only 49 years old.
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Oldest son Joseph Hippolyte, fils, called Hippolyte, fils, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1824, married Marcellite, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Lucien Savoie, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1847. Their son Alidor was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1849. ...
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Joseph Adrien, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1826, ...
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Youngest son Louis Félicien, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1841, ...
Descendants of Charles Neuville GUIDRY (1809-)
Charles Neuville, second son of Pierre Guidry and his first wife Rosalie Denis, born near Convent, St. James Parish, in April 1809, married first cousin Joséphine, daughter of his uncle Jean Baptiste Guidry, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1837, and remarried to Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Olivier Hébert of Lafourche Interior Parish, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1845, two months after a son was born to them. ...
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Oldest son Jean Aristile, by his first wife, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1837, ...
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Pierre, by his first wife, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1840, ...
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Neuville Olivier, by his second wife, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1844, ...
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Louis Donat, by his second wife, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1846, ...
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Bernard, by his second wife, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1850, ...
Descendants of Joseph GUIDRY (1810-)
Joseph, only surviving son of Alexandre Guidry and Marie Mélanie Lambert, born near Convent, St. James Parish, in May 1810, married Marie Pauline, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Henry, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1847. ...
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Other GUIDRYs in the Lafourche/Terrebonne Valley
Area church and civil records make it difficult to link some Guidrys in the Bayou Lafourche/Bayou Terrebonne valley with known Acadian lines of the family there:
Jean Guidry died in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1812. His succession inventory was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse later that month. The clerk who recorded his death and his succession did not give his parents' names, mention a wife, or even tell his age at the time of his death.
Romain Guidry married Élise Sevain probably in Lafourche Interior Parish in the early 1820s. Their son Joseph Guillaume was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1824, and Eugène Drosin in August 1825.
Jean Baptiste Guidry married Constance Naquin probably in Lafourche Interior Parish in the 1820s. Their son Jean Baptiste, fils was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1828.
Zéphirin Guidry married Delphine Exnicios probably in Lafourche Interior Parish in the 1820s. One wonders if he was the Zéphirin, son of Olivier Guidry, who had married Deline, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Dupuis of Manchac and Grande Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1819.
Rosalie Élodie Guidry married Anglo-American Henry Charles Davies in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in January 1835. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Béloni, or Bénoni, Guidry married Loyse Fitche probably in Lafourche Interior Parish in the late 1830s.
Ulgère, also called Jorges, Guidry married Pauline, daughter of fellow Acadian Dominique Boudreaux, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1844.
Jean Justinien Guidry married Marie Alexandre Guedris, probably Guidry. Their son Jean Justinien, fils was born near Plattenville, Assumption Parish, in August 1844.
Joseph Guidry, Jr. married Elodie Clodoina or Olod Thibodeaux. Their son Gustave was born in Terrebonne Parish in August 1849.
Hubert Eustache Guidry married Pélagie Boudreaux and settled in Lafourche Interior Parish by 1850.
NON-ACADIAN FAMILIES in LOUISIANA
The great majority of Guidrys in South Louisiana are Acadians. However, some South Louisianians who carried the name may not have been descendants of Claude dit Gravois dit La Verdure of Port-Royal and Mirliguèche:
Pierre Guidry, an homme de couleur libre--that is, a free man of color--married Marie Louise Jean Louis, probably a free woman of color. Their son Pierre, fils married Élisabeth, daughter of Louis Gagne or Gagneaux and Sarah à Mr. Dumartrait, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1838. Their son Louis, described by the recording priest as a "mul.libre," or free mulatto, was born in St. Martin Parish in September 1839. Pierre, père may have been owned by one of the Guidrys of Grande Pointe and set free, or perhaps he had been born free, his mother having earned her freedom. No matter, he took the Guidry name, as did his son and his grandson.
Valérie Guidry, a femme de couleur libre, or free woman of color, died in St. Martin Parish in October 1836. She was only 40 years old.
CONCLUSION
Guédrys settled early in Acadia and were among the earliest Acadians to find refuge in Louisiana. Augustin and Joseph Guédry, one married, the other single, came to the colony in February 1765 with the party from Halifax via St.-Domingue led by Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil. They followed the Broussards to the Bayou Teche valley, where Augustin's wife, a Broussard, died in the epidemic that devastated the Teche community that summer and fall. Augustin soon disappears from the historical record--he, too, may have died soon after reaching the colony; there is no evidence that he remarried. Joseph remained on the Teche for a few more years and then moved to Ascension on the Mississippi, where he married and settled. Not until later in the decade did a Guédry "return" to the prairies. Ursule, wife of Pierre-Paul Boutin, had come to the colony from Maryland with her family in 1767 and moved to the Opelousas District a year or so later. Her younger brother Pierre Guédry of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, also had come to the colony from Maryland, in 1768 with the Breau clan from Port Tobacco. The Spanish forced him and the other Breau kin to settle far upriver at Fort San Luìs de Natchez. After their release from that virtual prison, Pierre and his new wife, whom he had married at Natchez, moved downriver to Ascension. In the early 1770s, following his sister Ursule, Pierre took his family to the Grand Coteau area of the Opelousas District, where he remarried to his third wife in c1781. In the 1790s, he settled on a substantial piece of land he had acquired at La Grande Pointe on upper Bayou Teche and became the biblical Jacob of southwest Louisiana. A dozen of his 14 sons created families of their own at Grande Pointe, on the upper Vermilion, at Carencro, and at Grand Coteau. From the 1780s into the early 1800s, more Guidrys, including Pierre's nephew Jean-Baptiste and a cousin from Canada, came to the prairies and added substantially to the western branch of the family.
More Guédry families settled along the Mississippi than on the western prairies, but, thanks to Pierre of Grande Pointe's amazing fecundity, the number of river-parish Guidrys remained somewhat smaller than the number of their kinsmen west of the Atchafalaya Basin. The first Guédry to settle on the river, Joseph, came to the colony either from Halifax via St.-Domingue in 1765 or from Maryland in 1766, married at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques in 1767, and created a substantial line of the family in what became St. James Parish. In 1768, other Guédrys, including Pierre of Pigiguit, came to the colony from Port Tobacco, Maryland, and were forced to settle far upriver at Natchez. After their release from that distant settlement, they went to Ascension. Pierre and nephew Jean-Baptiste moved on to the western prairies, but Pierre's nephew Firmin remained at Ascension and created another line of the family in what became Ascension and Iberville parishes. Joseph of Attakapas appeared at Ascension in 1770, married there a few years later, in his early 40s, but he and his wife had no children. Antoine Guédry of Île Royale and Nantes, France, came to the colony from France by July 1780, when he married a fellow Acadian at New Orleans; they were among the relatively few Acadians who remained in the city. Olivier Guidry, this one an Acadian from the St. Lawrence valley, called dit Canada by his neighbors, settled near his cousins on the western prairies in the 1790s.
The largest group of Guédrys to emigrate to Louisiana--31 in all--came from France on several of the Seven Ships of 1785 nearly a generation after the first of their kin arrived. They went to Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, to Bayou des Écores, north of Baton Rouge, and to upper Bayou Lafourche and established at least seven new family lines on the river in what became East and West Baton Rouge, Iberville, Ascension, and St. James parishes. Not until the 1790s, however, did Guidry family lines appear on upper Bayou Lafourche, creating a third center of family settlement. During the early antebellum period, more river-parish Guidrys moved to the Bayou Lafourche valley, some of them settling as far down as the Terrebonne country, so that by the 1850s the Guidrys along the southeastern bayous nearly equaled in numbers their kinsmen on the river.
Meanwhile, Guidrys on the prairies, where most members of the family lived, were staging their own Exodus from the center of family settlement along upper Bayou Teche. By 1850, nearly a dozen Guidry families, many of them descendants of Pierre of Grande Pointe, were living at the far edge of the old Opelousas District in Calcasieu Parish, where they ran hundreds and even thousands of head of cattle on the southwestern prairies. Pierre Guidry owned 1,800 head and Hippolyte Guidry 3,600 head of cattle in 1850. Even more remarkable, Guidrys were among the first Acadians to cross the Sabine and settle in southeastern Texas. Leufroi Guidry, a grandson of Pierre of Grande Pointe, took his family to Jefferson County, near the Louisiana border, on the eve of the Texas War of Independence, which broke out in October 1835. Brothers Joachim (called Joshua by his new neighbors) and Jean Baptiste and cousin Ursin followed in the early 1840s and settled in Jefferson and Hardin counties. And there they remained.
The great majority of Guidrys in South Louisiana and East Texas are descendants of Claude dit Gravois dit La Verdure of Port-Royal and Mirliguèche. There were, however, Guidrys on the western prairies whose membership in the family was a predictable result of the institution of slavery--African Creoles who had been owned and in some cases emancipated by Guidrys and who took the family's surname. Guidry "free persons of color" appear in local church records as early as the 1830s.
Judging by the number of slaves they held during the late antebellum period, many Guidrys lived comfortably on their farms, plantations, and vacharies on the western prairies, along the river, and in the Lafourche/Terrebonne valley. Some, especially on the western prairies, owned enough slaves to qualify as planters (20 or more slaves), and a few were considered to be great planters, with 50 or more bondsmen. ...
Dozens of Guidrys served Louisiana and Texas in uniform during the War Between the States. ...
In Louisiana, the family's name evolved from Guédry to Guidry, probably the result of Spanish influence, though some members of the family retained the original spelling. The family's name also is spelled Diedery, Feudry, Gaidrais, Geddry, Gedery, Gedre, Gedri, Ghidri, Gidri, Gidry, Guduy, Guéderic, Guéderie, Guédery, Guédoy, Guédri, Guédrie, Guédrig, Guédris, Guéri, Guiderie, Guidoy, Guidri, Guidrie, Guiedri, Guiedry, Guiridy, Guitry, Huduric, Lledri, Yedri. This family should not be confused with the much smaller Guidroz family, whose progenitor, a native of Bern, Switzerland, came to Louisiana as a soldier before 1762 and whose descendants settled at New Orleans, Pointe Coupée, and on the western prairies.
Sources: Arsenault, Généalogie, 588-92, 1490-92, 2236, 2499-2502; BRDR, vols. 1a(rev.), 1b, 2, 3, 4, 5(rev.), 6; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 173; Hébert, D., South LA Records, vols. 1, 2; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vols. 1-A, 1-B, 2-A, 2-B, 2-C, 3, 4; NOAR, vols. 2, 3, 4, 6; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>, Family Nos. 14, 18; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family Nos. 103, 184; White, DGFA-1, 771-74; White, DGFA-1 English, 158; West, Atlas of LA Surnames, 79-81, 169-70.
Settlement Abbreviations
(present-day parishes that existed
during the War Between the States in parenthesis; hyperlinks on the
abbreviations take you to brief histories of each settlement):
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Ascension |
Lafourche (Lafourche, Terrebonne) |
Pointe Coupée |
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Assumption |
Natchitoches (Natchitoches) |
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Attakapas (St. Martin, St. Mary, Lafayette, Vermilion) |
San Luìs de Natchez (Concordia) |
St.-Gabriel d'Iberville (Iberville) |
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Bayou des Écores (East Baton Rouge, West Feliciana) |
New Orleans (Orleans) |
St.-Jacques de Cabanocé (St. James) |
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Baton Rouge (East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge) |
Opelousas (St. Landry, Calcasieu) |
For a chronology of Acadian Arrivals in Louisiana, 1764-early 1800s, see Appendix.
The hyperlink attached to an individual's name is connected to a list of Acadian immigrants for a particular settlement and provides a different perspective on the refugee's place in family and community.
| Name | Arrived | Settled | Profile |
| Anne-Laurance or Laurance-Anne GUIDRY 01 | Aug 1785 | BR | born 1 Jan 1759, aboard ship Supply; daughter of Charles GUIDRY & his first wife Adèlaide-Madeleine HÉBERT; sister of Antoine & Marguerite-Victoire, half-sister of Jacques-Servais, Jean-Pierre, Joseph, & Pierre-Jean; deported from Île Royale to St.-Malo, France, aboard Supply 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 9 Mar 1759, called Anne-Dorathé GUÉDRY, age 2 mos.; baptized 16 Mar 1759, St.-Servan, France; at Bonnaban, France, 1759-60; at LaGouesniere, France, 1760-63; at St.-Servan 1763-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Second Convoy from Châtellerault, France, to Nantes, France, Nov 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with widowed father & half-brothers; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 26; married, age 29, Jean-Baptiste DOIRON, son of Jean DOIRON & Anne THIBODEAUX of St.-Malo, 17 Dec 1787, Baton Rouge or Manchac; on list of Acadians at Fort Bute, Manchac, 1788, unnamed, with husband & no others |
| Anne-Monique GUIDRY 33 | Feb 1768 | Natz, Asc, StG | born c1762, probably MD; called Monique; daughter of Jean GUIDRY & Anne-Madeleine DUPUIS; sister of Élisabeth, Firmin, Jean-Baptiste, & Madeleine; in report of Acadians at Port Tobacco, MD, Jul 1763, called Monique GAIDRIS, with parents & siblings; arrived LA 1768, age 6; in report on Acadians who settled at St.-Luìs de Natchez, 1768, called Monica, age 6, with widowed mother & siblings; moved to Ascension; in Ascension census, 1770, left [east] bank, called Monique GUÉDRY, age 6[sic], with widowed mother & siblings; in Ascension census, 1777, left [east] bank, called Marie GUÉDRY, age 15, with widowed mother & brothers; married, age 20, Charles BREAUX, son of Antoine BREAUX & Marguerite LANDRY, 30 Dec 1782, Ascension, now Donaldsonville; died [buried] Iberville Parish, 14 Sep 1842, age 84[sic], a widow |
| *Antoine GUIDRY 25 | late 1770s | NO | born c1754, probably La Pointe-à-la-Jeunese, Île Royale; son of Charles GUIDRY & his first wife Adélaïde-Madeleine HÉBERT; brother of Anne-Laurance & Marguerite-Victoire, half-brother of Jacques-Servais, Jean-Pierre, Joseph, & Pierre-Jean; deported from Íle Royale to St.-Malo, France, aboard Supply 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 9 Mar 1759, age 5; at Bonnaban, France, 1759-60; at LaGouesniere, France, 1760-63; at St.-Servan, France, 1763-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Second Convoy from Châtellerault, France, to Nantes, France, Nov 1775; arrived LA late 1770s; married, age 24, Marie HÉBERT, daughter of Paul HÉBERT & Marguerite-Josèphe MELANÇON, & widow of Augustin MORIN, 31 Jul 1780, New Orleans |
| Augustin GUIDRY 02 | Feb 1765 | Atk | married Théotiste BROUSSARD; arrived LA Feb 1765 with party from Halifax via St.-Domingue led by Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil |
| Charles GUIDRY 03 | Aug 1785 | BR, NO? | born & baptized 10 Feb 1726, St.-Jean-Baptiste, Port-Royal; son of Pierre GUIDRY dit Grivois & Marguerite BRASSEAUX; carpenter, ploughman, pit sawyer; married, age 25, (1)Adélaïde-Madeleine HÉBERT, called Madeleine, widow of Jean BREAUX, c1751, probably Île Royale; at La Pointe-à-la-Jeunese, Île Royale, 1752; deported from Île Royale to St.-Malo, France, aboard Supply 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 9 Mar 1759, called Charles GUÉDRY, de l'Acadie, age 33; at Bonnaban, France, 1759-60; at LaGouesnière, France, 1760-63; married, age 35, (2)Agnès BOURG, daughter of Joseph BOURG & Francoise DUGAS, 13 Jan 1761, St.-Suliac, France; at St.-Servan, France, 1763-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Second Convoy from Châtellerault, France, to Nantes, France, Nov 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, with no wife, 3 unnamed sons, & 1 unnamed daughter; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 57[sic], widower, head of family; on list of Acadians at Fort Bute, Manchac, 1788, called Carlos GUIDRI, with 4 persons in his family, 4 1/2 barrels corn, 1/4 qt. rice; died [buried] New Orleans 16 Sep 1797, age 72[sic] |
| Claude GUIDRY 04 | Dec 1785 | BdE, BR | born c1714, probably Mirliguèche; son of Jean-Baptiste GUIDRY & Madeleine MIUS d'Azy; uncle of Pierre & Ursule; married, age 32, (1)Anne LEJEUNE, daughter of Germain LEJEUNE & Marie-Anne TRAHAN, c1746, probably l'Assomption, Pigiguit; moved to Île St.-Jean; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the Five Ships 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, called Claude GUÉDRY, age 33[sic]; married, age 48, (2)Anne MOÏSE, daughter of François MOÏSE dit Latreille & Marie BRUN, & widow of Joseph LEBLANC, 3 Feb 1762, St.-Suliac, France; at Châteauneuf, France, 1762, age 36[sic]; at St.-Malo, 1772, age 43[sic]; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 60[sic], no occupation listed, head of family; moved to Baton Rouge district; on list of Acadians at Fort Bute, Manchac, 1788, called Claudio GUIDRI, with 9 unnamed persons in his family, 10 1/2 barrels corn, 1 barrel rice |
| Élisabeth/Isabelle GUIDRY 05 | Feb 1768 | Natz | born c1765, MD; daughter of Jean GUIDRY & Anne-Madeleine DUPUIS; sister of Anne-Monique, Firmin, Jean-Baptiste, & Madeleine; arrived LA 1768, age 3; in report on Acadians who settled at St.-Luìs de Natchez, 1768, called Isabel, age 3, with widowed mother & siblings |
| Firmin GUIDRY 06 | Feb 1768 | Natz, Asc | born c1752, probably l'Assomption, Pigiguit; son of Jean GUIDRY & Anne-Madeleine DUPUIS; brother of Anne-Monique, Élisabeth, Jean-Baptiste, & Madeleine; exiled to MD 1755, age 3; in report of Acadians at Port Tobacco, MD, Jul 1763, called Firmin GAIDRIS, with parents & siblings; arrived LA 1768, age 16; in report on Acadians who settled at St.-Luìs de Natchez, 1768, called Fermin LLEDRI, age 16, with widowed mother & siblings; moved to Ascension; in Ascension census, 1770, left [east] bank, called Firmain GUÉDRY, age 18, with widowed mother, 1 brother, & 2 sisters; in Ascension census, 1777, left [east] bank, called Firmin GUÉDRY, age 27[sic], head of family number 77, with mother Widow GUÉDRY age 44, brother Jean age 17, sister Marie age 15, 6 arpents in production, 0 slaves, 10 cattle, 3 horses, 0 sheep, 8 swine, 2 arms, also 6 arpents in fallow; married, age 34, Marguerite-Françoise LANDRY, daughter of Charles LANDRY & Marguerite BOUDREAUX, 9 Feb 1786, St.-Gabriel; died [buried] Ascension 1 Feb 1799, age 46 |
| François GUIDRY 07 | Jul 1785 | Asp, Atk | born c1781, Nantes, France; son of Jean-Baptiste GUIDRY & Marguerite LEBERT; brother of Marguerite-Félicité & Pierre-Jean-Marie; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents, brother, & an unnamed orphan [probably cousin Marguerite-Marie LEBERT]; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, age 4; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, called François GUÉDRI, "minor," age 9, with family of uncle Joseph GUÉDRI; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Francisco, "minor," age 14, with family of uncle Josef GUÉDRY; moved to Attakapas District; married, age 27, Céleste DARTES, daughter of Jean DARTES & Pélagie PROVOST, & widow of Louis THIBAUT, 21 Nov 1808, Attakapas, now St. Martinville; settled lower Bayou Teche |
| François-Xavier GUIDRY 08 | Dec 1785 | BdE, BR | born & baptized 17 Sep 1764, St.-Suliac, France; son of Claude GUIDRY & his second wife Anne MOÏSE; brother of Malo-Bénoni, Marie-Cécile, Olivier, Pierre-Claude, & Suliac-Charles, half-brother of Jean-Baptiste, Joseph, & Pierre-Janvier; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 19, no occupation listed; moved to Baton Rouge District; on list of Acadians at Fort Bute, Manchac, 1788, unnamed, with parents & others; married Marie LEBLANC, daughter of Pierre LEBLANC & Geneviève RICHARD, probably Manchac, early 1800s; died [buried] East Baton Rouge Parish 4 Sep 1827, age 63[sic] |
| Jacques GUIDRY 09 | Aug 1785 | StJ | born c1768, France; son of Jean GUIDRY & Marie LEBLANC; brother of Jean, fils; carpenter; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 17; on list of Acadians at St.-Jacques, 1788, unnamed, with parents & 1 other; married, age 21, Anne-Marie, called Marie, BONVILLAIN, daughter of Jacques BONVILLAIN & Charlotte ST. IVES of St.-Charles des Allemands, 13 Jul 1789, St.-Jacques; died [buried] St.-Jacques 15 Oct 1801, age 34 |
| Jacques-Servais GUIDRY 10 | Aug 1785 | BR, Asc, StG | born & baptized 7 Mar 1770, St.-Servan, France; son of Charles GUIDRY & his second wife Agnès BOURG; brother of Jean-Pierre, Joseph, & Pierre-Jean, half-brother of Anne-Laurence, Antoine, & Marguerite-Victoire; at St.-Servan, 1770-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Second Convoy from Châtellerault, France, to Nantes, France, Nov 1775; day laborer; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with widowed father & siblings; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 15; on list of Acadians at Fort Bute, Manchac, 1788, unnamed, with widowed father & others; married, age 27, Isabelle BABIN, daughter of Antoine BABIN & Catherine LANDRY, & widow of Paul BREAUX, 18 Sep 1797, Ascension, now Donaldsonville; died [buried] Iberville Parish 6 Sep 1843, age 74 |
| Jean GUIDRY dit Grivois, père 11 | Aug 1785 | StJ, Asp, Lf | born c1728; calker; married Marie LEBLANC; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, with wife & no children; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 50[sic], head of family; on list of Acadians at St.-Jacques, 1788, called Juan GUÉDRY, father, with 4 unnamed persons in his household, 6 barrels corn; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, left bank, called Jean GUÉDRI, age 60[sic], with wife Marie, no children, 0 slaves, 6 arpents, 0 qts. rice, 150 qts. corn, 2 horned cattle, 0 horses, 13 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Juan GUÉDRY, age 68, with wife Maria age 64, & no children; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Jean GUÉDRY, age 69, with wife Marie age 65, & no children, 0 slaves; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Jean GUÉDRY, age 69, with wife Marie age 68, no children, & "single" Jean LEBLANC age 14, 6/40 arpents, 0 slaves; succession inventory dated 24 Aug 1807, Interior Parish courthouse |
| Jean GUIDRY, fils 12 | Aug 1785 | StJ, Asp, Op? | born c1758, Île St.-Jean; son of Jean GUIDRY & Marie LEBLANC; brother of Jacques; carpenter; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 27; married, age 28, Céleste BOUDREAUX, daughter of Pierre BOUDREAUX & Madeleine BOURG of Île St.-Jean, 8 Mar 1786, St.-Jacques; on list of Acadians at St.-Jacques, 1788, called Juan GUÉDRY, son, with 3 unnamed persons in his household, 7 1/2 barrels corn; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, right bank, called Jean GUIDRI, age 32, with wife Céleste age 25, son Jean age 1, 0 slaves, 6 arpents, 0 qts. rice, 100 qts. corn, 3 horned cattle, 0 horses, 12 swine; moved to Opelousas District?; died by Oct 1794, when his wife remarried at Assumption |
| Jean-Baptiste GUIDRY 14 | Feb 1768 | Natz, Asc, Atk | born c1761, MD; son of Jean GUIDRY & Anne-Madeleine DUPUIS; brother of Anne-Monique, Élisabeth, Firmin, & Madeleine; in report of Acadians at Port Tobacco, MD, Jul 1763, called Jean GAIDRIS, with parents & siblings; arrived LA 1768, age 7; in report on Acadians who settled at St.-Luìs de Natchez, 1768, called Juan Bte., age 2[sic], with widowed mother & siblings; moved to Ascension; in Ascension census, 1770, left [east] bank, called Jean GUEDRY, age 8, with widowed mother & siblings; in Ascension census, 1777, left [east] bank, called Jean GUEDRY, age 17, with widowed mother & siblings; in JUDICE's Company, Acadian Coast Militia, Jul 1779, called Jean Bte. DUPUY or GUÉDRY, not listed as married, also in VERRET's Company, Acadian Coast Militia, 1779, called Jen Baptiste GUÉDRY, fusileer; moved to Attakapas District, settled on upper Bayou Teche; in Attakapas census, 1785, called J B GUIDRIE, with 1 unnamed free individual, 0 slaves; married, age 19, (1)Marie-Madeleine BREAUX, daughter of Firmin BREAUX & Marguerite BREAUX, 15 Jun 1785, Attakapas, now St. Martinville; married, age 57, (2)Anne SAVOIE, daughter of François-Joseph SAVOIE & his third wife Anne THIBODEAUX, & widow of Jean Charles BENOIT, 9 Nov 1818, St. Martinville |
| Jean-Baptiste GUIDRY 15 | Jul 1785 | Asp? | born c1750, l'Assomption, Pigiguit; son of Claude GUIDRY & his first wife Anne LEJEUNE; brother of Joseph & Pierre-Janvier, half-brother of Francois-Xavier, Malo-Bénonie, Marie-Cécile, Olivier, Pierre, & Suliac-Charles; moved to Île St.-Jean; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the Five Ships 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, called Jean-Baptiste GUÉDRY, age 9; at Châteauneuf, France, 1759-62; at St.-Suliac, France, 1762-72; carpenter; married, age 24, Marguerite LEBERT, daughter of Paul LEBERT & Madeleine LAPIERRE, & sister of brother Pierre-Janvier's wife Marie-Josèphe, 25 Jan 1774, Plouër, France; in Poitou, France, 1774-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault, France, to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, called Jean-Bte. GUIDRY, with wife Marguerite HÉBERT[sic], 2 unnamed sons [François & Pierre-Jean-Marie], & an unnamed orphan [probably niece Marguerite-Marie LEBERT]; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, age 36, head of family; died by Jan 1791, when his 9-year-old son François was counted in the Valenzuéla census with family of Joseph GUIDRY |
| Jean-Pierre GUIDRY 13 | Aug 1785 | BR | born & baptized 28 Jan 1768, St.-Servan, France; son of Charles GUIDRY & his second wife Agnès BOURG; brother of Jacques-Servais, Joseph, & Pierre-Jean, half-brother of Anne-Laurance, Antoine, & Marguerite-Victoire; at St.-Servan, 1768-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Second Convoy from Châtellerault, France, to Nantes, France, Nov 1775; day laborer; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with widowed father & siblings; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 17; on list of Acadians at Fort Bute, Manchac, 1788, unnamed, with widowed father & others; married, age 45, (1)Marie Céline VACHARD, daughter of Pierre VACHARD & Angélique VIZETTE, 14 Jun 1813, Baton Rouge; married, age 51, (2)Vicenta RODRIGUEZ, daughter of Juan Andres RODRIGUEZ & Augustina RODRIGUEZ, 14 Apr 1819, Baton Rouge |
| Jean-Pierre GUIDRY 16 | Aug 1785 | BR, Asp | baptized 22 Jul 1781, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, France; son of Pierre-Janvier GUIDRY & Marie-Josèphe LEBERT; brother of Joseph-Firmin, Marie-Rose, & Pierre-Joseph; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 4; on list of Acadians at Fort Bute, Manchac, 1788, unnamed, with parents & others; moved to Lafourche valley; in Assumption census, 1795, called Juan Pedro, age 14, with widowed mother & siblings; married, age 20, Marianne DASPIT, daughter of Pierre DASPIT & Marie MAYEUX of New Orleans, 15 Sep 1801, Assumption, now Plattenville |
| Joseph GUIDRY 17 | Feb 1765 | Atk, Asc, StJ? | born c1732, probably l'Assomption, Pigiguit; son of Augustin GUIDRY & Jeanne HÉBERT; brother of Pierre & Ursule, nephew of Claude; arrived LA Feb 1765, age 33, with party from Halifax via St.-Domingue led by Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil; on list of Acadians who exchanged card money in New Orleans, Apr 1765; in Atakapas census, 1766, District of the Point, with no one else in his household; moved to Ascension; in Ascension census, 1770, left [east] bank, called Joseph GUÉDRY, age 30[sic], head of "family" number 76, listed singly, with 6 arpents; married, age 41, Monique DUPUIS, daughter of Jean DUPUIS & Anne BREAUX, 24 May 1773, Ascension, now Donaldsonville; in Ascension census, 1777, left [east] bank, called Joseph GUÉDRY, age 45, head of family number 76, with wife Marie[sic] age 33, no children, 8 arpents, 1 slave, 15 cattle, 0 horses, 0 sheep, 15 swine, 2 arms |
| Joseph GUIDRY 18 | 176? | StJ | born c1735; married Élisabeth COMEAUX, 19 May 1767, Cabanocé; in St.-Jacques census, 1777, left [east] bank, age 42, with wife Élizabeth age 36, sons Donnat age 8, Joseph age 7, Alexandre age 5, daughters Félicitée age 3, & Judicq age 1; in St.-Jacques census, 1779, called Joseph GUÉDRY, with 8 unnamed whites, 0 slaves, 50 qts. rice, 2 qts. corn; died [buried] St. James Parish 2 Nov 1815, age 85[sic] |
| Joseph GUIDRY, père 19 | Aug 1785 | Asp, Atk | born c1749, L'Assomption, Pigiguit; son of Claude GUIDRY & his first wife Anne LEJEUNE; brother of Pierre-Janvier & Jean-Baptiste, half-brother of François-Xavier, Malo-Bénonie, Marie-Cécile, Olivier, Pierre-Claude, & Suliac-Charles; moved to Île St.-Jean; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the Five Ships 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, called Joseph GUÉDRY, age 7[sic]; at Châteauneuf, France, 1759-62; at St.-Suliac, France, 1762-72; calker & seaman; married, age 20, Madeleine COMEAUX, daughter of Joseph COMEAUX & Marguerite HÉBERT, 18 Nov 1772, St.-Suliac; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault, France, to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, called Joseph GUIDRY, with wife, 1 unnamed son, & 2 unnamed daughters; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 36, head of family; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, right bank, called Joseph GUÉDRY, age 39, with wife Magdeleinne age 36, son Joseph age 5, daughters Marie age 11, Margueritte age 9, Renné[-Élisabeth] age 3, Victoire age 1, 6 arpents, 10 qts. corn, 1 horned cattle, 1 horse, 9 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, right bank, called Joseph GUÉDRI, age 42, with wife Madelaine age 39, son Joseph age 7, daughters Marie age 15, Margrithe age 13, Rennés age 6, Victoire age 4, Jennevie age 3, "minor" [nephew] François GUÉDRI age 9, 0 slaves, 6 arpents, 0 qts. rice, 100 qts. corn, 4 horned cattle, 3 horses, 12 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Josef GUÉDRY, age 48[sic], with wife Magdalena age 46, son Josef age 13, daughters Maria age 20, Margarita age 18, Reyna age 11, Victoria age 9, Rosalia age 7, Ana age 5, & Pélagia age 2, "minor" [nephew] Francisco [GUÉDRY] age 14, & [half-brother?] Olivier [GUÉDRY?] age 22; moved to Attakapas District; died [buried] Attakapas 4 Feb 1799, age 50 |
| Joseph GUIDRY 20 | Aug 1785 | BR | born & baptized 21 Mar 1766, St.-Servan, France; son of Charles GUIDRY & his second wife Agnès BOURG; brother of Jacques-Servais, Jean-Pierre, & Pierre-Jean, half-brother of Anne-Laurence, Antoine, & Marguerite-Victoire; carpenter; at St.-Servan, 1766-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Second Convoy from Châtellerault, France, to Nantes, France, Nov 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with widowed father & siblings; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 18; on list of Acadians at Fort Bute, Manchac, 1788, unnamed, with widowed father & others; married, age 27, Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, BREAUX, daughter of Honoré BREAUX & Élisabeth dite Maillet LEBLANC of St.-Malo, France, 29 Oct 1794, probably Manchac |
| Joseph GUIDRY, fils 21 | Aug 1785 | Asp, Atk | baptized 11 Jul 1783, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, France; son of Joseph GUIDRY & Madeleine COMEAUX; brother of Marguerite-Adélaïde, Marie-Jeanne, & Renée-Élisabeth; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 2; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, right bank, age 5, with parents & sisters; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, right bank, age 7, with parents, sisters, & "minor" Francois GUÉDRI; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Josef, age 13, with parents, siblings, & 2 GUÉDRY kinsmen; moved to Attakapas District late 1790s; married, age 34, Émilie BONVILLAIN, daughter of Pierre BONVILLAIN & Thérèse CARLIN of St. Mary Parish, 14 Apr 1817, St. Martinville |
| Joseph-Firmin GUIDRY 22 | Aug 1785 | BR, Asp, Lf | baptized 15 Oct 1784, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, France; called Firmin; son of Pierre-Janvier GUIDRY & Marie-Josèphe LEBERT; brother of Jean-Pierre, Marie-Rose, & Pierre-Joseph; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, an infant; on list of Acadians at Fort Bute, Manchac, 1788, unnamed, with parents & others; moved to Lafourche valley; in Assumption census, 1795, called Josef Fermin, age 11, with widowed mother & siblings; married, age 18, Marie-Josèphe CARRET of St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, daughter of Ignace CARRET & Marie-Madeleine CLÉMENCEAU, 18 Jan 1802, Assumption, now Plattenville; died Lafourche Interior Parish 29 Apr 1842, age 60[sic] |
| Madeleine GUIDRY 23 | Feb 1768 | Natz, Asc | born c1754, probably Pigiguit; daughter of Jean GUIDRY & Anne-Madeleine DUPUIS; sister of Anne-Monique, Élisabeth, Firmin, & Jean-Baptiste; exiled to MD 1755, age 1; in report of Acadians at Port Tobacco, MD, Jul 1763, called Magdelaine GAIDRIS, with parents & siblings; arrived LA 1768, age 14; in report on Acadians who settled at St.-Luìs de Natchez, 1768, called Magdalena, age 14, with widowed mother & siblings; moved to Ascension; in Ascension census, 1770, left [east] bank, called Magdelaine GUÉDRY, age 16, with widowed mother & siblings |
| Malo-Bénoni GUIDRY 24 | Dec 1785 | BdE, BR | born 28 Jan 1767, baptized 28 Jan 1767, St.-Suliac, France; son of Claude GUIDRY & his second wife Anne MOÏSE; brother of François-Xavier, Marie-Cécile, Pierre-Claude, Olivier, & Suliac-Charles, half-brother of Jean-Baptiste, Joseph, & Pierre-Janvier; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 15[sic]; moved to Baton Rouge District; on list of Acadians at Fort Bute, Manchac, 1788, unnamed, with parents & others; married, age 30, Marguerite-Marie DUPUIS, daughter of Ambroise DUPUIS & Anne THÉRIOT, 4 Jul 1797, probably Manchac |
| Marguerite-Adélaïde GUIDRY 26 | Aug 1785 | Asp, Atk | born c1778, Nantes, France; daughter of Joseph GUIDRY & Madeleine COMEAUX; sister of Joseph, fils, Marie-Jeanne, & Renée-Élisabeth; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 7; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, right bank, called Margueritte, age 9, with parents & siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, right bank, called Margrithe, age 13, with parents, siblings, & "minor" François GUÉDRI; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Margarita, age 18, with parents, siblings, & 2 GUÉDRY kinsmen; moved to Attakapas District late 1790s; married, age 19, Frédéric TENHOLT of Doesburg, Zutphen, Holland, son of Jean Henry TENHOLT & Jeanne GARRETSEN, 18 Jun 1797, Attakapas |
| Marguerite-Félicité GUIDRY 27 | Jul 1785 | Asp? | baptized 26 Feb 1785, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, France; daughter of Jean-Baptiste GUIDRY & Marguerite LEBERT; sister of François & Pierre-Jean-Marie; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, an infant |
| Marguerite-Victoire GUIDRY 28 | Sep 1785 | Asp | born 9 Mar 1752, either La Pointe-à-la-Jeunese or Louisbourg, Île Royale; daughter of Charles GUIDRY & his first wife Adélaïde-Madeleine HÉBERT; sister of Anne-Laurance & Antoine, half-sister of Jacques-Servais, Jean-Pierre, Joseph, & Pierre-Jean; at La Pointe-à-la-Jeunese, Île Royale, 1752; deported from Île Royale to St.-Malo, France, aboard Supply 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo, 9 Mar 1759, called Marguerite GUÉDRY, age 6; at Bonnaban, France, 1759-60; at LaGouesniere, France, 1760-63; at St.-Servan, France, 1763-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Second Convoy from Châtellerault, France, to Nantes, France, Nov 1775; married, age 28, (1)Jean-Charles BOUDREAUX, son of Francois BOUDREAUX & Angélique DOIRON of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, & widower of Agnès TRAHAN, 22 Aug 1780, St.-Similien, Nantes, France; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, called Margueritte, with husband, 2 unnamed sons, & 2 unnamed daughters; sailed to LA on Le St.-Rémi, age 34; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, right bank, called Margueritte GUÉDRY, age 45, with husband, 2 sons, & 1 daughter; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, left bank, called Margrithe GUÉDRI Widow BOUDEREAU, age 44[sic], with sons Pierre [-David BOUDEREAU] age 7, Félix [BOUDEREAU] age 5, daughters Rennés [BOUDEREAU] age 9, Marie [BOUDEREAU] age 3, 0 slaves, 6 arpents, 0 qts. rice, 100 qts. corn, 0 horned cattle, 0 horses, 15 swine; married, age 40, (2)Grégoire CHICO, son of François CHICO & Cécilia de SANTOS FERNANDEZ of Carrascalejo Parrido de Lavera de La Reina, Spain, 18 Feb 1793, Ascension, now Donaldsonville; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Margarita GUÉDRY, age 41[sic], with husband Grégorio CHICO age 40, sons Félix [BOUDREAUX] age 10, Pedro [BOUDREAUX] age 12, Grégorio [CHICO] age 1, daughters Margarita [BOUDREAUX] age 15, Maria [BOUDREAUX] age 7, & Andréa[-Josepha CHICO] age 3; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Marguerite GUÉDRY, age 42[sic], with husband Grégorio CHICO age 41, sons Félix [BOUDREAUX] age 11, Pedro [BOUDREAUX] age 13, Grégorio [CHICO] age 2, daughters Margueritte [BOUDREAUX] age 16, Maria [BOUDREAUX] age 8, & Andréa [CHICO] age 4, 0 slaves; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Margueritte, no surname given, age 50[sic], with husband Grégorio QUCICO age 40, son Grégorio [QUCICO] age 2, daughters Renné [BOUDREAUX] age 18, Marie [BOUDREAUX] age 9, & Andreyte [QUCICO] age 4, 7/15 arpents, 0 slaves; died [buried] Assumption Parish 7 Nov 1813, age 66[sic] |
| Marie GUIDRY 29 | Feb 1768 | Natz | born c1765, MD; daughter of Pierre GUIDRY & his first wife Marguerite DUPUIS; arrived LA 1768, age 3; in report on Acadians who settled at St.-Luìs de Natchez, 1768, called Maria, age 3, with parents & orphan Olivier BADEN; not in Ascension census of 1770 with her father & stepmother, so she probably died young |
| Marie-Cécile GUIDRY 31 | Dec 1785 | BdE, BR | born 5 May 1763, baptized 6 May 1763, St.-Suliac, France; daughter of Claude GUIDRY & his second wife Anne MOÏSE of Mirliguèche; sister of François-Xavier, Malo-Bénoni, Olivier, Pierre-Claude, & Suliac-Charles, half-sister of Jean-Baptiste, Joseph, & Pierre-Janvier; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 21; moved to Baton Rouge District; on list of Acadians at Fort Bute, Manchac, 1788, unnamed, with parents & others; married, age 24, (1)Pierre AUCOIN, son of Charles AUCOIN & Madeleine TRAHAN, & widower of Marie-Josèphe HÉBERT, 24 Oct 1788, probably Manchac; married, age 37, (2)Charles ROBICHAUX, son of Charles ROBICHAUX & Marie LEBLANC, & widower of Jeanne-Françoise HENRY, 18 May 1801, Baton Rouge; married, age 43, (3)Roudolph Manuel BENZ, son of Gaspar BENZ & Barbara DELATRE of Germany, 13 Aug 1806, Baton Rouge |
| Marie-Jeanne GUIDRY 30 | Aug 1785 | Asp, Atk? | baptized 20 May 1776, St.-Donatien, Nantes, France; daughter of Joseph GUIDRY & Madeleine COMEAUX; sister of Joseph, fils, Marguerite-Adélaïde, & Renée-Élisabeth; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 9; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, right bank, age 11, with parents & siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, right bank, age 15, with parents, siblings, & "minor" François GUÉDRI; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Maria, age 20, with parents, siblings, & 2 GUÉDRY kinsmen; moved to Attakapas District late 1790s? |
| Marie-Rose GUIDRY 32 | Aug 1785 | BR, Asp | baptized 19 Apr 1779, St.-Donatien, Nantes, France; daughter of Pierre-Janvier GUIDRY & Marie-Josèphe LEBERT; sister of Jean-Pierre, Joseph-Firmin, & Pierre-Joseph; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & brothers; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 6; on list of Acadians at Fort Bute, Manchac, 1788, unnamed, with parents & others; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Maria Rosa, age 10[sic], with widowed mother & siblings; married, age 18, Louis-Constant PITRE, son of Olivier PITRE & Marie MOÏSE of St.-Roman, Poitiers, France, 28 Aug 1797, Assumption, now Plattenville; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Marie, no surname given, age 19, with husband & no children |
| Olivier GUIDRY 34 | Dec 1785 | BdE, BR, Asp | born c1777, France; son of Claude GUIDRY & his second wife Anne MOÏSE; brother of Francois-Xavier, Malo-Bénonie, Marie-Cécile, Pierre-Claude, & Suliac-Charles, half-brother of Joseph & Pierre-Janvier; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 8; moved to Baton Rouge District; on list of Acadians at Fort Bute, Manchac, 1788, unnamed, with parents & others; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, age 22[sic], with family of older half-brother Joseph; married, age 23, Henriette BERGERON, daughter of Jean-Baptiste BERGERON & Marie BABIN of St.-Jacques, 22 Aug 1800, Assumption, now Plattenville |
| *Olivier dit Canada GUIDRY 44 | 17?? | Atk | born Boston, MA, c1764; son of Augustin GUIDRY & Marguerite PECOT; at Québec 1766?; at St.-Jacques l'Achigan 1767?; arrived LA from Canada 1780s or early 1790s; married, age 29, Marie-Félicité, called Félicité, AUCOIN, daughter of Alexandre AUCOIN & his second wife Élisabeth DUHON, & widow of Joseph FAULK, 8 Jan 1793, Attakapas; settled Grande Prairie on upper Bayou Vermilion |
| Pierre GUIDRY 35 | Feb 1768 | Natz, Asc, Op, Atk | born c1742, probably l'Assomption, Pigiguit; son of Augustin GUIDRY & Jeanne HÉBERT; brother of Joseph & Ursule, nephew of Claude; exiled to MD 1755, age 13; married (1)Marguerite DUPUIS, daughter of perhaps Jean-Baptiste DUPUIS & Anne BREAUX of Minas, c1764, probably MD; arrived LA 1768, age 26; in report on Acadians who settled at St.-Luìs de Natchez, 1768, called Pedro LANDRI[sic] & LLEDRE[sic], age 26, with wife Margarita age 27, daughter Marie age 3, orphan Olivier BADEN [BABIN] age 18, & 5 arpents; married, age 28, (2)Claire BABIN, daughter of Antoine BABIN & Catherine LANDRY, 23 Jan 1769, St.-Luìs de Natchez; moved to Ascension; in Ascension census, 1770, left [east] bank, called Pierre GUÉDRY, age 26, head of family number 78, with wife Claire age 26, son Pierre [Louis-David?] age 5 mos., & 6 arpents; moved to Opelousas District; in Opelousas census, 1774, with 3 unnamed children [sons Louis-David, Olivier, & Joseph?], 0 slaves, 20 cattle, 5 horses & mules, 3 swine; in Opelousas census, 1777, age 35, head of family number 113, with wife Claire age 35, sons [Louis-]David age 7, Olivier age 5, Joseph age 3, & Jean-Baptiste age 1, 0 slaves, 10 cattle 12 horses, 0 hogs, 0 sheep; married, age 40, (3)Marguerite, called Peggy, MILLER, daughter of William MILLER of Scotland & Anne KIVEN of Ireland, c1781, probably Opelousas; in Opelousas census, 1785, called Pre GUIDRIE, with 9 unnamed free individuals, 1 male slave, 2 female slaves; in Opelousas census, 1788, Grand Coteau, called GUIDRIE, with 9 unnamed males, 1 unnamed woman [wife Marguerite], 2 unnamed girls, 5 slaves, 60 cattle, 40 horses, 18 arpents; "moved to Attakapas where he was known as the 'patriarch of Grande Pointe', an area later named Cecilia, Louisiana"; died "at his residence at la grande pointe," St. Martin Parish, 13 Nov 1825, age 93[sic], a widower, buried the next day "in the parish cemetery"; succession record dated 19 Nov 1825, St. Martin Parish courthouse; depicted in Dafford Mural, Acadian Memorial, St. Martinville |
| Pierre-Claude GUIDRY 37 | Dec 1785 | BdE, BR | born & baptized 20 Jun 1771 St.-Suliac, France; son of Claude GUIDRY & & his second wife Anne MOÏSE; brother of Francois-Xavier, Malo-Bénoni, Marie-Cécile, Olivier, & Suliac-Charles, half-brother of Jean-Baptiste, Joseph, & Pierre-Janvier; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 12; moved to Baton Rouge District; on list of Acadians at Fort Bute, Manchac, 1788, unnamed, with parents & others; married, age 26, Anne-Marie, called Marie, LANDRY, daughter of René LANDRY & Marguerite BABIN, & widow of Simon-François DAIGLE, 25 Aug 1797, probably Manchac; died Manchac 15 Jun 1810, age 40 |
| Pierre-Janvier GUIDRY 38 | Aug 1785 | BR, Asp | born c1754, l'Assomption, Pigiguit; sometimes called Janvier; son of Claude GUIDRY & his first wife Anne LEJEUNE; brother of Jean-Baptiste & Joseph, half-brother of Francois-Xavier, Malo-Bénoni, Marie-Cécile, Olivier, Pierre-Claude, & Suliac-Charles; moved to Île St.-Jean; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the Five Ships 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, called Pierre GUÉDRY, age 5; at Châteauneuf, France, 1759-62; at St.-Suliac, France, 1762-72; workman; married, age 19, Marie-Josèphe LEBERT, daughter of Paul LEBERT & Marie LAPIERRE, & sister of brother Jean-Baptiste's wife Marguerite, 9 Feb 1773, Plouër, France; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault, France, to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, called Pierre, with wife, 2 sons, & 1 daughter; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 31, head of family; on list of Acadians at Fort Bute, Manchac, 1788, called Pedro GUIDRI(1), with 8 unnamed persons in his family, 9 barrels corn, 1 barrel rice; moved to Lafourche valley; died [buried] Assumption 15 Sep 1793, age 42[sic] |
| Pierre-Jean GUIDRY 36 | Aug 1785 | BR, StG | born A.M. & baptized 18 Feb 1762, LaGousniere, France; son of Charles GUIDRY & his second wife Agnès BOURG; brother of Jacques-Servais, Jean-Pierre, & Joseph, half-brother of Anne-Laurence, Antoine, & Marguerite Victoire; at LaGousniere, 1762-63; at St.-Servan, France, 1763-72; carpenter; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Second Convoy from Châtellerault, France, to Nantes, France, Nov 1775; married Louise BLANDIN, probably Nantes, France; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, with wife Louise BLANDIN & no children; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 23; on list of Acadians at St.-Gabriel, 1788, called Pedro GUIDRI(2), with 2 persons in his family, 1 1/2 barrels corn, 0 barrels rice, 1/4 qt. ? |
| Pierre-Jean-Marie GUIDRY 39 | Jul 1785 | Asp? | baptized 21 Nov 1776, St.-Nicolas, Nantes, France; son of Jean-Baptiste GUIDRY & Marguerite LEBERT; brother of Francois & Marguerite-Félicité; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents, brother, & an orphan [probably cousin Marguerite-Marie LEBERT]; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, age 8 |
| Pierre-Joseph GUIDRY 40 | Aug 1785 | BR, Asp, Lf? | baptized 21 Oct 1774, St.-Jacques, Châtellerault, France; son of Pierre-Janvier GUIDRY & Marie-Josèphe LEBERT; brother of Jean-Pierre, Joseph-Firmin, & Marie-Rose; in Poitou, France,1774-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 10; on list of Acadians at Fort Bute, Manchac, 1788, unnamed, with parents & others; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Pedro, age 21, with widowed mother & siblings; married, age 23, Marguerite BERGERON, daughter of Charles BERGERON & his first wife Marie FORET, 14 Jan 1798, Assumption, now Plattenville; died by Jun 1822, when his wife was mentioned in a civil record at the Houma courthouse as remarried |
| Renée-Élisabeth GUIDRY 41 | Aug 1785 | Asp, Atk?, Asp | baptized 20 Jan 1785, Paimboeuf, France; daughter of Joseph GUIDRY & Madeleine COMEAUX; sister of Joseph, fils, Marguerite-Adélaïde, & Marie-Jeanne; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, an infant; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, right bank, called Renné, age 3, with parents & siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, right bank, called Rennés, age 6, with parents, siblings, & "minor" François GUÉDRI; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Reyna, age 11, with parents, siblings, & 2 GUÉDRY kinsmen; moved to Attakapas District late 1790s?; married, age 23, Rémi HÉBERT, son of Isaac HÉBERT & Marie DAIGLE of St.-Nicolas, Nantes, France, 27 Apr 1808, Assumption, now Plattenville |
| Suliac-Charles GUIDRY 42 | Dec 1785 | BdE, BR | born 16 Nov 1765, baptized 17 Nov 1765, St.-Suliac, France; son of Claude GUIDRY & & his second wife Anne MOÏSE; brother of Francois-Xavier, Malo-Bénoni, Marie-Cécile, Olivier, & Pierre-Claude, half-brother of Jean-Baptiste, Joseph, & Pierre-Janvier; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 17; moved to Baton Rouge district; on list of Acadians at Fort Bute, Manchac, 1788, unnamed, with parents & others; married, age 21, Rose-Anastasie AUCOIN, daughter of Jean-Baptiste AUCOIN & Marguerite THÉRIOT, 27 Dec 1789, probably Manchac |
| Ursule GUIDRY 43 | Jul 1767 | StG, Op | born c1730, probably l'Assomption, Pigiguit; daughter of Augustin GUIDRY & Jeanne HÉBERT; sister of Joseph & Pierre, niece of Claude; married, age 20, Pierre-Paul BOUTIN, son of Joseph BOUTIN & Marie-Marguerite LEJEUNE dit Briard of Grand-Pré, 9 Nov 1750, Louisbourg; at Baie-des-Espagnols, Île Royale, 1752; on list of Acadians in PA, Jun 1763, called Ursulle BOUTIN, with husband & 6 children; moved to MD; arrived LA 1767, age 37; in report on Acadians who settled at St.-Gabriel, 1767, called Ursula BOTA, age 37, with husband, 2 sons, 2 daughters, & orphan Maria BOTEN; moved to Opelousas District; died by May 1777, when her husband was listed in the Opelousas census with another wife; one of the author's maternal ancestors~~ |
NOTES
01. Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls her Anne-Laurance [GUÉDRY], & lists her with her widowed father & 3 half-brothers; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>, Family No. 18, shows that, in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, she was born aboard ship, & that all of her family survived the crossing; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 377, Family No. 463, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Laurence-Anne GUÉDRY, says her godparents were Xavier BOURG & Francoise HÉBERT, & lists her family's residences in France from 1759-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 74, Family No. 139, calls her Anne-Laurence [GUÉDRY] & details her family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s & their voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 36-37, calls her Anne-Laurence, sa [Charles GUÉDRY's] fille, age 26, on the embarkation list, Ana Lorenza, su [Carlos GUÉDRY's] hija, on the debarkation list, & Anne-Laurence GUÉDRY, his [Charles GUÉDRY's] daughter, age 26, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 27th Family on the embarkation list & the 28th Family on the debarkation list of Le Beaumont with her widowed father & 3 half-brothers; BRDR, 2:243, 263, 338 (PCP-19, 12), her marriage record, calls her Ann GUÉDRY "of St.-Servant, St.-Malo," calls her husband Jean-Baptiste DOIRON, gives her & his parents' names, says her parents were "Acadians, res. East Baton Rouge Parish" & his "of St.-Malo," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Jean GOUDREAU & Pierre GUÉDRY.
Although her marriage was recorded at Pointe Coupée, it probably took place at Manchac, at the southern edge of the Baton Rouge District, where their families settled. Baton Rouge did not have a church of its own until 1793, so priests from Pointe Coupée across the river & from St.-Gabriel downriver administered the sacraments to residents of the Baton Rouge/Manchac area until it did.
For some reason, the editors of BRDR place her husband in the DUHON as well as the DOIRON family section, but there is no doubt that he was a DOIRON.
02. Wall of Names, 18, calls him Augustin GUÉDRY, & lists him singly. Why?
03. Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls him Charles GUÉDRY, & lists him with no wife, 3 sons, & a daughter; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>, Family No. 18, shows that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, all of his family survived, including wife Madeleine HÉBERT, age 32, son Antoine, age 5, daughters Marguerite, age 6, & Anne-Dorathé, age 2 mos., who was born aboard ship, Francois-Xavier BOURG, age 20, & Marie BROS, age 12, fille d'un 1er lit de Madeleine; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 376-78, Family No. 463, calls him Charles GUÉDRY, details her birth & baptism, gives his parents' names, says he was a carpenter & ploughman, details his first marriage, calls his first wife Madeleine HÉBERT, does not give her parents' names but gives her first husband's name, says she was born in c1726, that they married in c1751 but gives no place of marriage, says she died on 23 Apr 1760 & was buried the next day at Bonnaban, details his second marriage, including his wife's parents' names, does not say when or where she died, includes the birth/baptismal & marriage records of daughter Marguerite by his first wife, born on 9 Mar 1752, Louisbourg, Île Royale, & married on 22 Aug 1780 to Jean-Charles BOUDROT, St.-Similien, Nantes, son Antoine by his first wife, born on c1754 but gives no birthplace, daughter Laurence-Anne by his first wife, born on 1 Jan 1759, baptized on 16 Mar 1759, St.-Servan, goddaughter of Xavier BOURG & Françoise HÉBERT, son Pierre-Jean by his second wife, born in the A.M. & baptized on 18 Feb 1762, LaGouesniere, godson of Ambroise LONGUESPÉE & Marie-Françoise BOURG, son Joseph by his second wife, born & baptized on 21 Mar 1766, St.-Servan, godson of Jean LONGUEPÉE & Marie HENRY, son Jean-Pierre by his second wife, born & baptized on 28 Jan 1768, St.-Servan, godson of Pierre FOREST & Marie HENRY, son Jacques-Servais by his second wife, born & baptized on 7 Mar 1770, St.-Servan, godson of Jacques HEUZE & Marguerite GUÉDRY, & son Théodore-Félix by his second wife, born & baptized on 27 Nov 1773, St.-Servan, godson of Théodore TÉRRIOT & Félicité AUCOIN, says he, his first wife, stepdaughter Marie-Madeleine BRAUD, & daughter Marguerite were residing at La Pointe-à-la-Jeunese, Île Royale, in 1752, that he, his first wife, stepdaughter Marie BRAUD, daughters Marguerite & Anne-Dorothée & son Antoine disembarked at St.-Malo from du Supply on 9 Mar 1759, & lists his family's residences in France from 1759-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 74, Family No. 139, calls him Charles GUÉDRY, details his birth, says he was baptized "in the Parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste of Port Royal in Acadie" [the parish for the lower river], says he was a carpenter, gives his parents' names, says he married Madeleine HÉBERT in c1745 but gives no place of marriage, that she was born in c1726 & died in 1760, details his marriage to Agnès BOURG, says she was born in c1736 but gives no birthplace, gives her parents' names, says she died on 4 Oct 1782 at "les Haunt-Pavee," age 46, & was buried the next day at St.-Similien, Nantes, includes the death/burial record of son Théodore from his second wife, died at age 2 & buried on 22 Jan 1776, St.-Donatien, Nantes, the birth/baptismal & marriage records of daughter Marguerite-Victoire, baptized on 9 Mar 1752, Île Royale, resident of St.-Similien, Nantes, married Jean-Charles BOUDROT on 22 Aug 1780, St.-Similien, Nantes, & details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s & their voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 36-37, calls him Charles GUÉDRY, cieur de long, age 57, on the embarkation list, Carlos GUÉDRY, on the debarkation list, & Charles GUÉDRY, pit sawyer, age 57, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 27th Family on the embarkation list & the 28th Family on the debarkation list of Le Beaumont with 3 sons & a daughter; NOAR, 6:144 (SLC, F4, 51), his death/burial record, calls him Carlos GUIDRY, "native of Port Royal in Canada, resident of Acadia," gives his parents' names, calls his mother Susana BRASSAUX, but does not mention a wife or wives.
His wives' names also can be found in the marriage records of his children in BRDR, 2:338-39, 341. After the death of his second wife, he did not remarry.
Why did François-Xavier BOURG travel with Charles's family aboard Supply in 1758-59? Does François-Xavier's association with Charles GUÉDRY have anything to do with Charles's marrying Agnès BOURG in 1761? Agnès & François-Xavier were not siblings, so they may have been cousins.
What was Charles doing in New Orleans at the time of his death? Living there? Visiting? His oldest son Antoine by his first wife had settled there in the early 1780s. Did Charles die at Antoine's home, where he went to live in his old age?
How was Charles kin to Jean GUÉDRY, who also went to LA aboard Le Beaumont? Were they brothers? Cousins?
04. Wall of Names, 44, calls him Claude GUÉDRY; White, DGFA-1, 773, give his birth year & parents' names; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 103, shows that as a result of the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, he lost his first wife, Anne LEJEUNE, age 34, at Châteauneuf 18 Apr 1759 nearly 3 months after they reached France, as well as 2 of their 5 children--son Charles, age 3, who also died at Châteauneuf, 15 Apr 1759, & son Augustin, age 10 months, who died 28 Feb 1759, a little over a month after they reached St.-Malo, but 3 of his children survived the terrible crossing--sons Jean-Baptiste, age 9, Joseph, age 7, & Pierre[-Janvier], age 5.
His father & older brother, also named Jean-Baptiste, were hanged for piracy in Boston when Claude was 12 years old.
He probably moved from Bayou des Écores to the Baton Rouge District because one his older sons by his first wife, Pierre-Janvier, had settled there.
05. Wall of Names, 18, calls her Élisabeth GUÉDRY.
What happened to her in LA?
06. Wall of Names, 18, calls him Firmin GUÉDRY; BRDR, 2:339, 436 (SGA-14, 2, #4), his marriage record, calls him Fermin GUIEDRI, calls his wife Margarita LANDRI, gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were "of Assumption," but give no witnesses to his marriage; BRDR, 2:339 (ASC-4, 31), his death/burial record, calls him Firmin GUIDRY, "age 46 years," but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife. See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152.
07. Wall of Names, 28 (pl. 6R), calls him François [GUÉDRY], & lists him with his parents, 2 siblings, & an orphan; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 8-9, calls him François, son [Jean-Bte GUÉDRY's] fils, age 4, on the embarkation list, Francisco, su [Juan Bautista GUÉDRY's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & François GUÉDRY, his [Jean-Baptiste GUÉDRY's] son, age 4, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 28th Family aboard Le Bon Papa with his parents, 2 siblings, & an orphan; Hébert, D., Acadians Families in Exile 1785, 40-41, does not include him on the embarkation list, calls him Franco, su [Juan Bautista GUÉDRY's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Francois GUÉDRY, his [Jean-Baptiste GUÉDRY's] son, no age given, on the complete listing, says he was in the 51st Family aboard Le Beaumont with his father, 2 siblings, & an orphan, & that they were from the ship Bon Papa; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:208, 334 (SM Ch.: v.5, #126), his marriage record, calls him François GUIDRY "of Nantes," calls his wife Céleste DARTES, "veuve de dec. Louis THIBAUT, 'du bas du' (on the lower) Vermillion," gives his & her parents' names, says both of his parents were deceased at the time of the wedding, that he was a major son & she a major daughter, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Evan BOWLES, Denis CARLIN, & Eugène CARLIN. See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 497.
His parents probably were dead by 1791. His mother may have died soon after reaching New Orleans; she appears on no LA censuses with the family. His father probably waited at New Orleans for the third ship, Le Beaumont to arrive with relatives & followed his brother Joseph to Ascension, where François appears with the family of uncle Joseph GUIDRY in 1791. So his widowed father likely was dead by then.
08. Wall of Names, 44, calls him François GUÉDRY; BRDR, 4:252 (SJO-11, 21), his death/burial record, calls him Franèois GUIDRY, "age 63 yrs.," but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.
Evidence of his marriage can be found in the baptismal record of Carlos Francisco GUIDRY, dated 8 May 1809, in BRDR, 3:385 (SJO-6, 60), which calls the parents François Carlos [GUIDRY] & Maria LEBLANC, & says the boy's grandparents were Claude [GUIDRY] & Ana MOISES of Acadia & Pedro [LEBLANC] & Geneveva RICARD of Acadia. Who else would this be but Claude's son François-Xavier?
09. Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls him Jacques [GUÉDRY], & lists him with his parents & a brother; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 36-37, calls him Jaques, son [Jean GUÉDRY's] fils, charpentier, age 17, on the embarkation list, Santiago, su [Juan GUÉDRY's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Jaques GUÉDRY, his [Jean GUÉDRY's] son, carpenter, age 17, on the complete listing, says he was in the 25th Family on the embarkation list & in the 26th Family on the debarkation list of Le Beaumont with his parents & a brother, details his marriage in LA but does not include his wife's parents' names or the date or place of marriage, & says he was buried 15 Oct 1801, age 34, but gives no place of burial; BRDR, 2:342 (SJA-4, 19), his death/burial record, calls him Santiago GUÉDRY, "age 34 years, husband of Maria BONVILIN," & gives his parents' names.
Where is his marriage record? According to the BRDR, Donato FREDERIC married Marie BONVILLAIN at St.-Jacques on 13 Jul 1789. See BRDR, 2:105, 299 (SJA-2, 6), which calls the groom Donato, son of Juan [FREDERIC] & Maria LEBLANC "of St. Peter of Micvant," calls the bride Maria, daughter of Santiago [BONVILLAIN] & Carlota ST. IVES "of St. Charles," & says the witnesses to the marriage were Miguel LAMBERT & Félicitas BONVILAINT. There is no doubt that the Marie BONVILLAIN who supposedly married Donato FREDERIC was the same Marie BONVILLAIN who married Jacques GUIDRY. The baptismal record of Pierre, son of Santiago GUIDRY & Maria BONVILIN, dated 9 Apr 1797, in BRDR 2:342 (SJA-3, 152), calls the boy's maternal grandparents' Santiago BONVILIN & Carlota SANTIVE [ST. IVES]. The baptismal record of Scholastique, daughter of Santiago GUIDRY & Maria BONVILIN, dated 19 May 1799, in BRDR, 2:338 (SJA-3, 183), gives the same maternal grandparents. The baptismal record of Paul-Jacques, son of Santiago GUIDRY & Maria BONVILIN, dated 2 May 1802, in BRDR, 2:342 (SJA-3, 237), also gives the same maternal grandparents. Marie's putative first husband, Donato FREDERIC, must have died very soon after he married her because the baptismal record of Geneviève, daughter of Santiago GUIDRY & Maria BONVILAIN, dated 22 Aug 1790, in BRDR, 2:339 (SJA-3, 36), says that the girl was born on 27 Jun 1790. Subtracting 9 months from the girl's birthday, one gets Sep 1789 as her conception date, only 2 months after Marie supposedly married someone who was not the girl's father! One suspects that there may be a mistake in the 13 Jul 1789 marriage record at St.-Jacques recorded in SJA-2, 6--that the groom in the marriage record should be not Donato FREDERIC but ... Jacques GUIDRY. Note that in this marriage record, Donato's parents are given as Juan [FREDERIC] & Maria LEBLANC. This sounds a lot like Jacques GUIDRY's parents--Jean GUIDRY & Marie LEBLANC. A perusal of the FREDERICKs in BRDR, vols. 1b & 2, NOAR, vols. 1-7, & Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vol. 1-A, which cover the colonial period, reveals no couple named Juan FREDERICK & Marie LEBLANC & no Donato FREDERICK. Either the priest at St.-Jacques made a mistake, or the marriage record in BRDR is a transcription error. Santiago & Donato sound similar. But where did the surname FREDERIC come from? It does not sound like any of the variants of GUÉDRY/GUIDRY. Was Jacques GUIDRY's first or middle name Frédéric? Unfortuantely, I have not found his baptismal record.
Where is "St. Peter of Micvant"? If it was in France, this case is closed.
His wife's first name is from the marriage record of daughter Anne Marie, dated 7 Nov 1814, in BRDR, 3:384 (SMI-2, 12).
10. Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls him Jacques [GUÉDRY], & lists him with his widowed father & 3 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 377, Family No. 463, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Jacques-Servais GUÉDRY, says his godparents were Jacques HEUZE & Marguerite GUÉDRY (his older sister), & lists his family's residences in France from 1759-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 74, Family No. 139, calls him Jacques [GUÉDRY], & details his family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s & their voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 36-37, calls him Jacques, son [Charles GUÉDRY's] fils, journallier, age 15, on the embarkation list, Jacques, su [Carlos GUÉDRY's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Jacques GUÉDRY, his [Charles GUÉDRY's] son, day laborer, age 15, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 27th Family on the embarkation list & the 28th Family on the debarkation list of Le Beaumont with his widowed father & 3 siblings; BRDR, 2:46, 339 (ASC-2, 74), his marriage record, calls him Jacque GUIDRY, calls his wife Isabel BABIN, "widow of Pierre BRO," gives his but not her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Ramon BRAUD, Henriette BLANCHARD, & Joseph LEBLANC dit Dubour; BRDR, 6:292 (SGA-8, 267), his death/burial record, calls him Jacques GUIDRY, "age 74 yrs., a nat. of San Malo, France," but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.
The baptismal record of daughter Carmelite, dated 5 Jan 1801, in BRDR, 2:338 (ASC-5, 145), calls his wife Agnès-Isabelle. Was he a widower when he died at age 73? His burial record, cited above, gives no clue.
11. Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls him Jean GUÉDRY, & lists him with his wife & 2 sons; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 36-37, calls him Jean GUÉDRY, califat, age 50, on the embarkation list, Juan GUÉDRY, on the debarkation list, & Jean GUÉDRY, calker, age 50, on the complete listing, says he was in the 25th Family on the embarkation list & the 26th Family on the debarkation list of Le Beaumont with his wife & 2 sons, details his son Jean's marriage in LA, including his son's wife's parents' names but gives no place of marriage, details his son Jacque's marriage in LA but gives no marriage date or place, & says son Jacques was buried 15 Oct 1801, age 34, but gives no place of burial; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:248 (Thib.Ct.Hse.: Succ.: year 1807), his succession inventory, calls him Jean GUIDRY m. Marie LEBLANC, but does not give his parents' names or his date of death. See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 53, 79, 131, 179.
His birth year is based not on the passenger list of Le Beaumont but on a compromise of the ages given in the Lafourche valley census of 1791, 1795, 1797, & 1798.
How was he kin to Charles GUIDRY, who also sailed to LA on Le Beaumont but went to the Baton Rouge District with the majority of the passengers from that ship? Were they brothers? Cousins?
His wife's succession record, dated 17 Sep 1807, in Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:347 (Houma Ct.Hse.: Succ. #1), calls him Jean GUIDRY, "also known as GRIVOIS, " so he used his ancestors' dit, Grivois.
12. Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls him Jean [GUÉDRY], & lists him with his parents & a brother; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 74, Family No. 139, calls him Jean [GUÉDRY], & details his family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s & their voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 36-37, calls him Jean, son [Jean GUÉDRY's] fils, charpentier, age 27, on the embarkation list, Juan, su [Juan GUÉDRY's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Jean GUÉDRY, his [Jean GUÉDRY's] son, carpenter, age 27, on the complete listing, says he was in the 25th Family on the embarkation list & in the 26th Family on the debarkation list of Le Beaumont with his parents & a brother, & details his marriage in LA, including his & his wife's parents' names, but gives no place of marriage; BRDR, 2:110, 340 (SJA-2, 2), his marriage record, calls him Juan/Juan Femia GEDRI, calls his wife Célest BOUDRO, gives his & her parents' names, says all parents were "of St. John Island, Can.," & that the witnesses to his marriage were Josef COLOETR [CLOUÂTRE] & Maria MICHEL.
Was Femia his middle name? If so, it was an unusual one.
His possible move to the Opelousas District is based on the baptismal record of daughter Scholastique, dated "probably" 30 Aug 1795, in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:376 (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A, p.137), which says the girl was born on 4 Jul 1794 but doesn't say where, & does not say that the father, Jean, fils, was deceased at the time of the baptism.
For the thorough mess surrounding the other marriage(s) of Céleste BOUDREAUX, see the footnote to her profile.
13. Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls him Jean [GUÉDRY], & lists him with his widowed father & 3 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 377, Family No. 463, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Jean-Pierre GUÉDRY, says his godparents were Pierre FOREST & Marie HENRY, & lists his family's residences in France from 1759-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 74, Family No. 139, calls him Jean [GUÉDRY], & details his family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s as well as their voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 36-37, calls him Jean, son [Charles GUÉDRY's] fils, journallier, age 17, on the embarkation list, Jean, su [Carlos GUÉDRY's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Jean GUÉDRY, his [Charles GUÉDRY's] son, day laborer, age 17, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 27th Family on the embarkation list & the 28th Family on the debarkation list of Le Beaumont with his widowed father & 3 siblings; BRDR, 3:388, 846 (SJO-3, 140), the record of his first marriage, calls him Juan GUÉDERIE, calls his wife Maria Celina VACHA (VACHARD), gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were "of St. Malo," & that the witnesses to his marriage were Juan B. POIRET & Francisco LEJEUNE; BRDR, 3:388 (SJO-3, 189), the record of his second marriage, calls him Juan [GUIDRY] "of Nantes, France," calls his wife Vicenta RODRIGUEZ, gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Antonio PINO & Thomas LOSADA..
What was the nationality of his first wife, & why did he wait so long to marry?
14. Wall of Names, 18, calls him Jean-Baptiste GUÉDRY; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2499, 2500, calls him Jean; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:115, 370-71 (SM Ch.: v.3, #66), his marriage records, calls him Jean GUIDRY "de Maryland en Nouvelle Angleterre [from Maryland in New England]," calls his wife Marie-Magdeleine BRAUX "de la paroisse l'Assomption du fleuve du Mississippi [from Assumption Parish on the Mississippi River], says he was a minor son & she was a minor daughter, gives his & her parents' names, calls his mother Magdeleine DUPUIS, but gives no witnesses to his marriage; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:115, 371 (LSAR: Opel.: 1785-398), the record of his first marriage, calls him Jean GUIDRY "of 'Mariloine' [Maryland], New England," calls his wife Marie-Magdaleine BRAUT "of Assumption parish at LaFourche," gives his & her parents' names, calls his mother Agnès DUPUIS, but gives no witnesses to his marriage; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-A:454, 840 (SM Ch.: v.6, #115), the record of his second marriage, calls him Jean Baptiste GUÉDRY, "widower of his last marriage to dec. Marie BRAUD, inhabitant of this parish, native of Maryland," calls his wife Anne SAVOIE, "inhabitant of this parish, native of St. James parish on the river, widow of her last marriage to dec. Jean Charles BENOIST, gives his & her parents' names, says he was a major son & she a major daughter, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Joseph SAVOIE, Marcellin MELENSON (MELANÇON), & Louis DUSOUCHET. See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 436; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 7, 18; De Ville, Acadian Coast, 1779, 29, 35.
Arsenault calls his parents Jean-Baptiste & Anne-Madeleine, but Wall of Names calls them simply Jean & Anne. The church record of his first marriage calls his mother Magdeleine, her middle name. The civil record of his first marriage calls her Agnès, but all other records call her Anne.
His estimated birth year is a compromise of the ages given in the censuses at Ascension in 1770 & 1777. The age given in the Spanish report of 1768 is too young if he served in the militia in 1779.
15. Wall of Names, 28 (pl. 6R), calls him Jean-Baptiste GUÉDRY, & lists him with his wife, 3 children, & a mineure au dit named Margueritte, no surname given; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 103, shows the fate of his family in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, detailed in the footnote for his father's profile, above; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 380-81, Family No. 465; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 8-9, calls him Jean Bte GUÉDRY, charpentier, age 36, on the embarkation list, Juan Bautista GUÉDRY, on the debarkation list, & Jean-Baptiste GUÉDRY, carpenter, age 36, on the complete listing, says he was in the 28th Family aboard Le Bon Papa with his wife, 3 children, & mineure au dit Marguerite GUÉDRY, details his marriage, & says that son Pierre-Jean-Marie was baptized in 1776 but gives no place of baptism, & daughter Marguerite-Félicité was baptized in 1785 but gives no place of baptism; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 40-41, does not include him on the embarkation list, calls him Juan Bautista GUÉDRY, on the debarkation list, & Jean-Baptiste GUÉDRY, no age given, on the complete listing, says he was in the 51st Family aboard Le Beaumont with no wife, 3 children, & an orphan, & that they were from the ship Bon Papa; <acadian-cajun.com/ship3.htm>, calls him Jean-Baptiste GUEDRY, & lists him with no wife, 3 children, & an orphan, with the notation "... this family is from Le Bon Papa." See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 497.
If he crossed on Le Bon Papa, which reached New Orleans in July, why is he also on the debarkation list of Le Beaumont, which arrived in August? Where was his wife on the Le Beaumont debarkation list? Did she cross with them on Le Bon Papa, the first ship, die soon after they reached New Orleans, he then waited for relatives to arrive on the third ship, Le Beaumont, & took his family to Lafourche with older brother Joseph? Jean-Baptiste does not appear on any LA censuses, so he must have died soon after his wife did, leaving their children to be raised by relatives. The clue that Jean-Baptiste took his children to Lafourche is son François's appearance in the 1791 census there with the family of uncle Joseph GUIDRY. What happened to Jean-Baptiste's 2 younger children, who also do not appear in any LA censuses? They, too, probably died soon after they reached the colony, & only François survived to carry on the line.
16. Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls him Jean-Pierre [GUÉDRY], & lists him with his parents, 3 siblings, & a maternal cousin; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 76, Family No. 142, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Jean-Pierre GUÉDRY, does not give his godparents' names, & details his family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 38-39, calls him Jean-Pierre, son [Pierre GUÉDRY's] fils, age 4, on the embarkation list, Juan Pedro, su [Pedro GUÉDRY's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Jean-Pierre GUÉDRY, his [Pierre GUÉDRY's] son, age 4, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 32nd Family on the embarkation list & the 33rd Family on the debarkation list of Le Beaumont with his parents, 3 siblings, & a maternal cousin; BRDR, 2:223a, 340 (ASM-2, 61), his marriage record, calls him Juan Pedro GUIDRY "of Nantes, France," calls his wife Mariana DASPIT "of New Orleans," gives his & her parents' names, says his father was deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Valentin SOLET & Santiago VERRET.
17. Wall of Names, 18, calls him Joseph GUÉDRY; BRDR, 2:272, 340 (ASC-1, 124), his marriage record, calls him Joseph GUÉDRY, calls his wife Monique DUPUY, gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were "of Assumption Parish (sic)," & that the witnesses to his marriage were Joseph BUTEN & Joseph DUPUY. See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 18.
The "Assumption Parish (sic)" in his marriage record is accurate--it is l'Assomption Parish, Pigiguit, back in Acadia.
Thanks in part to Bona Arsenault, there is some confusion about the identity of the 2 Joseph GUIDRYs on the river. Arsenault, Généalogie, 2499, says that Joseph GUIDRY, son of Augustin GUIDRY & Jeanne HÉBERT, married Élisabeth COMEAUX in 1767. He probably got this from the marriage record of Joseph GUÉDRY & Élizabeth COMMEAUX, dated 19 May 1767, in Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 171, & Voorhies, J., Some Late-Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 424--which does not give the bride's or the groom's parents' names. Arsenault says that Élisabeth was the mother of Joseph's sons Donat, Joseph, & Alexandre. Arsenault also says that this same Joseph GUIDRY married a second time, to Monique DUPUIS, daughter of Jean DUPUIS & Anne BREAUX, on 24 May 1773, at St.-Jacques, & that Monique was the mother of his daughters Félicité & Judith. However, the St.-Jacques census of 1777 shows that Élisabeth COMEAUX was still very much alive 4 years after Joseph was supposed to have remarried & that Élisabeth was most likely the mother of sons Donnat age 8, Joseph age 7, Alexandre age 5, & daughters Félicitée age 3, & Judicq age 1. See De Ville, St. James Census, 1777, 14. There is a marriage record for a Joseph GUIDRY, son of Augustin GUIDRY & Anne[sic] HÉBERT, marrying Monique DUPUY, daughter of Jean DUPUY & Anne BRAUD, at Ascension, not St.-Jacques, on 24 May 1773. See BRDR, 2:272, 340 (ASC-1, 124). Since men back then were not allowed to remarry unless their wives were dead or their marriage was annulled, & the latter case was exceedingly rare among Acadians, the Joseph GUIDRY who was married to Élisabeth COMEAUX could not have been the son of Augustin & Anne HÉBERT despite Arsenault's claim. On top of all that, a Joseph GUIDRY appears in the Ascension census of 1770, age 30 & single, & then reappears at Ascension again in the census of 1777, age 45[?!], with wife Marie[sic] DUPUIS when the other Joseph GUIDRY was counted at St.-Jacques still married to Élisabeth COMEAUX. See Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 7, 18. Thus, there had to have been 2 Joseph GUIDRYs in the river settlements at this time, as reflected in this listing. Wall of Names, 18, agrees, listing 2 Joseph GUÉDRYs coming to LA without wives or children.
To complicate matters further, there was a Joseph GUIDRY, evidently unmarried, at Attakapas in the mid-1760s. This Joseph GUIDRY, in fact, appears on a list of Acadians who exchanged card money at New Orleans in Apr 1765, & in an Apr 1766 census at Attakapas, so he came to LA in Feb 1765 with the party led by Joseph BROUSSRD dit Beausoleil. See <thecajuns.com/cardmoney.htm>; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 124. Since all of the other Joseph GUIDRYs who came to LA--there were 4 more of them!--did not arrive until 1785, the Attakapas GUIDRY is likely one of the river settlement GUIDRYs, probably the one who married Monique DUPUY.
As to the confusion with Joseph of Ascension's wife's name in the Ascension census of 1777, found in Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 18, the record is clear: it was Monique, not Marie, DUPUY who married Joseph GUIDRY of Ascension in May 1773. See BRDR, 2:272, 340 (ASC-1, 124). Arsenault, p. 2499, agrees. So why is Joseph's wife called Marie, her sister's name, in the 1777 census? Strange.
West, Atlas of LA Surnames, 79, usually a reliable source, also confuses the Joseph GUIDRYs discussed above & has Joseph of Attakapas moving to the river &, following Arsenault, marrying Élizabeth COMEAU in 1769[sic]. Again, the Joseph GUIDRY who married Élisabeth COMEAUX in 1767 was not the one who lived in the Attakapas. Joseph, husband of Élisabeth COMEAUX, may have come to the colony in 1765 from Halifax via St.-Domingue, like the other Joseph, but he settled at St.-Jacques, not Attakapas. It is anyone's guess who were the parents of the St.-Jacques Joseph, called Joseph GUÉDRY 2 by Wall of Names.
18. Wall of Names, 18, calls him Joseph GUÉDRY 2; Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 171, & Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 424, his marriage record, calls him Joseph GUÉDRIE/GUÉDRY, calls his wife Élizabeth COMMEAUX, but does not give any witnesses to his marriage. See also De Ville, St. James Census, 1777, 14.
See note 17, above, for a discussion of the confusion between him & another Joseph GUIDRY on the river. Who were this Joseph's parents? When did he come to the colony? In 1765 from Halifax via St.-Domingue? From MD in 1766?
19. Wall of Names, 33 (pl. 8L), calls him Joseph GUÉDRY, & lists him with his wife & 4 children; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 103, shows the fate of his family in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, detailed in the footnote to his father's profile above; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 378-80, Family No. 464; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 381, Family No. 466; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 46-47, Family No. 91, calls him Joseph GUÉDRY, says he was born in c1752 "in the parish of L'Assomption in Acadie," which was Pigiguit, gives his parents' names, details his marriage, including his wife's birth year, birthplace, & parents' names, includes the birth/baptismal record of daughter Anne-Rosalie-Marguerite, baptized 20 Dec 1774, Monthoiron, Vienne, goddaughter of Vincent AMIRAULT & Marie LEBLANC, & details the families participation in the Poitou settlement of the 1770s; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 75, Family No. 141, calls him Joseph GUÉDRY, says he was born c1749, does not give his parents' names, says he was a calker & seaman, that he married c1774, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of daughter Marie-Jeanne, baptized 20 May 1776, St.-Donatien, Nantes, daughter Marguerite, died age 3 & buried 14 Mar 1778, St.-Martin, Chantenay, son Joseph, fils, baptized 11 Jul 1783, St.-Martin, Chantenay, & daughter Reiné-Élizabeth, baptized 20 Jan 1785, Paimboeuf, details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the 1770s & their voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 32-33, calls him Joseph GUÉDRY, califat, age 36, on the embarkation list, Josef GUÉDRY, on the debarkation list, & Joseph GUÉDRY, calker, age 36, on the complete listing, says he was in the 8th Family aboard Le Beaumont with his wife & 4 children, details his marriage, including his & his wife's parents' names, but does not give a place of marriage, & says he owned 6 arpents of land but does not say where or when; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:371 (SM Ch.: v.4, #174), his death/burial record, calls him Joseph GUIDRY "of Acadia, parents unknown, m. to Magdeleine COMEAU." See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 497; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1779-98, 25, 57, 156.
The daughter named Anne-Rosalie-Marguerite, born in the Poitou region of France in 1774, was the one who, called Marguerite, died at age 3 & was buried at St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, in Mar 1778. She was not the daughter Marguerite, born in c1778, who went to LA with the family in 1785. The second Marguerite probably was named for her dead sister.
Who was the Olivier in his household at Assumption in 1795? The estimated birth year of this Olivier (c1773) does not match the birth year of Olivier, son of Claude GUIDRY & his second wife Anne MOÏSE (c1777), Joseph's half-brother, who lived in the same area at the time. The Olivier in Joseph's household certainly was not the Olivier, son of Pierre GUIDRY & his second wife Claire BABIN of Grand Pointe in the Attakapas District. That Olivier GUIDRY married Victoire SEMER at Attakapas in Jun 1791. Another Olivier GUIDRY of Attakapas, called Olivier dit Canada, son of Augustin GUIDRY & Marguerite PECOT, married Félicité AUCOIN at Attakapas in Jan 1793, so this is not him, either. Perhaps the Olivier in Joseph's household in 1795 was not a GUIDRY after all. If not, what was he? See Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 57.
What compelled his move to the Attakapas District in the late 1790s?
20. Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls him Joseph [GUÉDRY], & lists him with his widowed father & 3 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 376-78, Family No. 463, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Joseph GUÉDRY, gives his parents' names, says his godparents were Jean LONGUESPÉE & Marie HENRY, & that his family resided at St-Suliac from 1762-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 74, Family No. 139, calls him Joseph [GUÉDRY], & details his family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s as well as their voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 36-37, calls him Joseph, son [Charles GUÉDRY's] fils, charpentier, age 18, on the embarkation list, Josef, su [Carlos GUÉDRY's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Joseph GUÉDRY, his [Charles GUÉDRY's] son, carpenter, age 18, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 27th Family on the embarkation list & the 28th Family on the debarkation list of Le Beaumont with his widowed father & 3 siblings; BRDR, 2:153, 339 (SJO-3, 7), his marriage record, calls him Josef GIDRY, calls his wife Maria-Magdalena BRAUD, gives his & her parents' names, says all parents were "of St.-Malo," & that the witnesses to his marriage were Francisco GIDRY & Pedro LEBLANC.
In 1794, Baton Rouge was the nearest church to Manchac, which lay north of the eponymous bayou in present-day East Baton Rouge Parish.
21. Wall of Names, 33 (pl. 8L), calls him Joseph [GUÉDRY], & lists him with his parents & 3 sisters; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 75, Family No. 141, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Joseph GUÉDRY, & gives his parents' but not his godparents' names; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 32-33, calls him Joseph, son [Joseph GUÉDRY's] fils, age 2, on the embarkation list, Josef, su [Josef GUÉDRY's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Joseph GUÉDRY, his [Joseph GUÉDRY's] son, age 2, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 8th Family aboard Le Beaumont with his parents & 3 sisters; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-A: 101-02, 454 (SM Ch.: v.6, #36), his marriage record, calls him Joseph GUÉDRY, "native of Nantes," calls his wife Émilie BONVILLAIN, "native of this parish," gives his & her parents' names, says her father was "inhabitant on Bayou Teche, parish of St. Mary," that he was a major son & she a minor daughter, that the witnesses to his marriage were François SENEGHIERES, Nicolas VERRET, Honnoré CARLIN, & François DUMESNIL, & that the priest noted--"Being unable to go to the lower bayou since I had a marriage at the Church on the same day"; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-A: 101-02, 455 (SM Ch.: Folio F), another marriage record, calls him Joseph GUÉDRY "of Nantes," calls his wife Émilie BONVILAIN "of this parish," gives his & her parents' names, says her father was "of Bayou Teych in the parish of St. Mary," that he was a major son & she a minor daughter, & that the witnesses to his marriage were François SENEGHIER, Nicolas VERRET, Honoré CARLIN, & François DEMENI; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-A: 102, 455 (NI Ch.: OA-#49), yet another marriage record, calls him Joseph GUÉDRY, "native of Nantes," calls his wife Émilie BONVILLAIN, gives no parents' names & no witnesses to his marriage, & says the marriage was "entered in the St. Martin church registers." See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 497; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1779-98, 25, 57, 156.
22. Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls him Joseph-Firmin [GUÉDRY], & lists him with his parents, 3 siblings, & a maternal cousin; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 76, Family No. 142, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Joseph-Firmin GUÉDRY, gives his parents' but not his godparents' names, & details his family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 38-39, calls him Joseph-Fermin, son [Pierre GUÉDRY's] fils, à la mamelle, on the embarkation list, Josef Fermin, su [Pedro GUÉDRY's] hijo, de pecho, on the debarkation list, & Joseph-Firmin GUÉDRY, son [of Pierre GUÉDRY's], a nursling, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 32nd Family on the embarkation list & the 33rd Family on the debarkation list of Le Beaumont with his parents, 3 siblings, & a maternal cousin; BRDR, 2:178, 339 (ASM-2, 63), his marriage record, calls him Fermin GUÉDRY "of St.-Martin Parish, Nantes, France," calls his wife Maria-Josefa CARRET "of Parish of St.-Martin in Nantes, France," gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Ambroise HÉBERT & Josef LEJEUNE; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 2:175 (Thib.Ch.: v.1, #13), his death/burial record, calls him Firmin GUIDRY m. Marie CARETTE, but does not give his parents' names.
His wife was 6 year older than he was. They were born in the same place in France, but she & her family came over on Le St.-Rémi, a later ship, & went straight to upper Bayou Lafourche.
He was 57, not 60, when he died.
23. Wall of Names, 18, calls her Madeleine GUÉDRY. See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152
24. Wall of Names, 44, calls him Malo GUÉDRY; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 376-78, Family No. 463, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Malo-Bénonie GUÉDRY, gives his parents' names, says his godparents were Bénonie MOYSE & Cécile BRAUD, & that his family resided at St-Suliac from 1762-72; BRDR, 2:270, 341 (SJO-3, 17), his marriage record, calls him Malo GUÉDRY, "age 26 years," calls his wife Margueritte DUPUIS, "age 20 years," gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were "res. of Machaque," that his father was deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Ambroise DUPUIS, "Father of Bride," & Pierre GUÉDRY, "Brother of Groom."
In 1797, Baton Rouge was the nearest church to Manchac, which lay north of the eponymous bayou in present-day East Baton Rouge Parish.
25. Not in Wall of Names. Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 376-78, Family No. 463, calls him Antoine GUÉDRY, says he was born in c1754 but gives no birthplace, that his family was counted at La Pointe-à-la-Jeunese, Île Royale, in 1752, that his parents were Charles GUÉDRY & his first wife Madeleine HÉBERT, that he reached France in Mar 1759 aboard du Supply with his parents & 3 sisters, & lists the parishes in the St.-Malo area where his family resided from 1759-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 74, Family No. 139, calls him Antoine [GUÉDRY], gives his parents' names, & details his family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s; NOAR, 3:151, 163 (SLC, M4, 87), his marriage record, calls him Antoine GUÉDOY, "native of Île St.-Jean in Acadia," calls his wife Maria HUBERT, native of Grand-Pré in Acadia, widow of Agustin MORENON," gives his & her parents' names, says the witnesses to his marriage were Pierre HÉBERT (HUBERT) & Joseph MEU(S/T)ON (MASON).
The Robichaux volumes & his marriage record are clear--the fellow who married Marie HÉBERT at New Orleans in Jul 1780 was Antoine, son of Charles GUÉDRY of Île Royale. Antoine came to LA years before his widowed father & 6 siblings reached the colony in 1785. Note that Antoine was in France as late as Dec 1775, when he accompanied his family to Nantes after the failure of the Poitou settlement. He would have been 21 then. A possible scenario for his "early" arrival in LA could be: while he was living in the Nantes area in the late 1770s, France entered the American Revolution against the hated British, so he became a crew member of one of the French privateers that went out to prey on British merchant ships, or perhaps he served aboard a French merchantman, & ended up in New Orleans, where he met & fell in love with an Acadian girl who just happened to be from the same family as his mother. He was, after all, a great-grandson of Claude GUÉDRY dit Grivois dit La Verdure, so a sense of adventure was in his blood. No matter, he was an Acadian who came to LA, so he belongs on this list.
Marie was from St.-Gabriel d'Iberville on the Upper Acadian Coast. Daughter Marie-Émelie was born in Nov 1782 & baptized at New Orleans in Mar 1783, son Antoine-Eusèbe was baptized at New Orleans in Feb 1786, & a 3-year-old son, name unrecorded, died at New Orleans in Jul 1787. None of their children were born on the Acadian Coast, so they probably remained in the city, among the few Acadians who did so. Meanwhile, in 1785, Antoine's parents & siblings reached LA from France & settled at Manchac, just north of St.-Gabriel. Antoine's father died at New Orleans in September 1797, perhaps at his son's home. See BRDR, vol. 2; NOAR, 3:151 (SLC, B9, 278), 4:155 (SLC, B9, 397; SLC, F2, 10), 6:144 (SLC, F4, 51).
26. Wall of Names, 33 (pl. 8L), calls her Margueritte [GUÉDRY], & lists her with her parents & 3 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 75, Family No. 141; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 32-33, calls her Margueritte, sa [Joseph GUÉDRY's] fille, age 7, on the embarkation list, Margarita, su [Josef GUÉDRY's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Marguerite GUÉDRY, his [Joseph GUÉDRY's] daughter, age 7, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 8th Family aboard Le Beaumont with her parents & 3 siblings; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:373, 740 (SM Ch.: Marriage Investigation: Folio D, #12), her marriage investigation, calls her Marguerite-Adélaïde GUIDRY "of Nantes, Bretagne, France, living in this parish," calls her intended husband Frédéric TENHOLT "of Doesburg, Holland, County of Zutphen and in this parish for 9 years and in this colony since the 'presa ultima de Pensacola' (recent capture of Pensacola) {Under Governor Bernardo de GALVEZ the Spanish offensive captured Pensacola on 10 May 1781. The Spanish offensive was part of Spain's involvement in the American Revolution})," gives her & his parents' names, says her parents were "all of Acadia," & that the witnesses to her marriage investigation were, assistant witnesses, Célestin PLACIDE & Philipe VERRET, & regular witnesses, Louis DEMARETSZ (DESMARETS) & Nicolas GUÉNARD; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:373, 740 (SM Ch.: v.4, #141), her marriage record, calls her Marguerite-Adélaïde GUÉDRY "of Nantes, in Europe, France," calls her husband Frédéric TENHOLD "from Republic of Holland, city of Doesburgo contivo of Zutphen," gives her & his parents' names, says her parents were "of Acadia," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Louis DEMAREST, Nicolas GUÉNARD, Louis LEIGNON, Célestin PLACIDE, Joseph SENEK, & Darlen PREVOT. See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 497; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1779-98, 25, 57, 156.
She should not be confused with older sister Anne-Rosalie-Marguerite, called Marguerite, who died at age 3 the year this Marguerite was born. This Marguerite probably was named after her dead sister.
Her husband evidently was a Dutch soldier who came to LA with the Spanish to fight the British & remained in the colony.
27. Wall of Names, 28 (pl. 6R), calls her Margueritte-Félicité [GUÉDRY], & lists her with her parents, 2 brothers, & an orphan; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 8-9, calls her Margueritte-Félicité, fille [of Jean-Bte GUÉDRY], à la mamelle, on the embarkation list, Margarita Felicidad, de pecho, on the debarkation list, & Marguerite-Félicité GUÉDRY, dgtr. [of Jean-Baptiste GUÉDRY], nursling, on the complete listing, says she was in the 28th Family aboard Le Bon Papa with her parents, 2 brothers, & an orphan, & that she was baptized in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 40-41, does not include her on the embarkation list, calls her Margarita Felicidad, de pecho, on the debarkation list, & Marguerite-Félicité GUÉDRY, his [Jean-Baptiste GUÉDRY's] daughter, a nursling, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 51st Family aboard Le Beaumont with her father, 2 brothers, & an orphan, & & that they were from the ship Bon Papa.
What happened to her in LA? She does not appear in any LA censuses. Her mother, who does not appear on the embarkation list of Le Beaumont with the rest of the family, probably died soon after the family reached New Orleans in July 1785. Her father then waited for relatives to arrive aboard the third ship, Le Beaumont, before taking her & her brothers to Lafourche, where brother François appears in the 1791 census with uncle Joseph GUIDRY. Marguerite-Félicité probably died by then.
28. Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls her Marguerite GUÉDRY, & lists her with her first husband & 4 children; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>, Family No. 18, shows that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59 all of her family survived; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 376-79, Family No. 463, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marguerite GUÉDRY, gives her parents' names, details her marriage, says she was at La Pointe-à-la-Jeunese, Île Royale, in 1752, that she reached France in Mar 1759 with her family aboard du Supply, & lists her family's residences in France from 1759-72; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 105, Family No. 133, calls her Marguerite-Victoire GUÉDRY, says she was baptized 9 Mar 1752 on Île Royale but gives no specific place, gives her parents' names, calls her mother Madeleine HÉBERT, details her first marriage, says her first husband was born in 1733 in L'Assomption, Pigiguit, & gives his parents' names & the name of his first wife, whom he had married in England; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 74, Family No. 139, calls her Marguerite-Victoire GUÉDRY & Marguerite [GUÉDRY], calls her mother Madeleine HÉBERT, details her birth, baptism, & marriage, says she was resident of St.-Similien, Nantes, at the time of her marriage, & details her family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 46-47, calls her Marguerite GUÉDRY, sa [Jean-Charles BOUDRAU's] femme, age 34, on the embarkation list, & Marguerite GUÉDRY, his [Jean-Charles BOUDROT's] wife, age 34, on the complete listing, says she was in the 18th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her first husband & 4 children, details her first marriage, including her & her husband's parents' names, & says daughter Henriette [BOUDROT] was born in 1772 but gives no birthplace; BRDR, 2:188, 341 (ASC-2, 55), the record of her second marriage, calls her Margarita GUIDRY, "widow of Juan Carlos BOUDRO," calls her husband Grégoire CHICO, gives her & his parents' names, says his parents were "of Carrascalexo Parrido de la Lavera de La Reina," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Francisco LOPEZ MACHADO & Phelipe BROUCE; BRDR, 3:388 (ASM-3, 84), her death/burial record, calls her Margarita GUIDRY, "age 66 yrs., widow of Gregorio CHICO," but does not give her parents' names. See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 29, 49, 176.
Was her second husband a Spanish soldier?
29. Wall of Names, 18, calls her Marie GUÉDRY.
What happened to her in LA?
30. Wall of Names, 33 (pl. 8L), calls her Marie [GUÉDRY], & lists her with her parents & 3 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 75, Family No. 141, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marie-Jeanne GUÉDRY, but does not give her godparents' names; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 32-33, calls her Marie, sa [Joseph GUÉDRY's] fille, age 9, on the embarkation list, Maria, su [Josef GUÉDRY's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Marie GUÉDRY, his [Joseph GUÉDRY's] daughter, age 9, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 8th Family aboard Le Beaumont with his parents & 3 siblings. See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 497; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1779-98, 25, 57, 156.
What happened to her in LA? Her family moved to the Attakapas District in the late 1790s, when she would have been in her early 20s. Did she go with them?
31. Wall of Names, 44, calls her Marie GUÉDRY; BRDR, 2:38, 341 (SGA-14, 13), the record of her first marriage, calls her Maria GUIDRY, calls her husband Pedro AUCOIN, gives her & her his parents' names, says her parents were "of Maraca (sic)," his were "of Canada," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Simon-Pedro DEGRE & Juan-Bautista TRAHAN; BRDR, 2:341, 637 (SJO-3, 35), the record of her second marriage, calls her Maria GUÉDRY, calls her husband Carlos ROBICHAUX, gives her & her his parents' names, gives no previous spouses' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Zuliad GUÉDRY [her brother Suliac-Charles] & Francisca DAYGLE; BRDR, 3:82, 389 (SJO-3, 58), the record of her third marriage, calls her Maria GUÉDRY, "widow ROBICHAUX/ROBICHEAUX," calls her husband Roudolph Manuel BENZ, gives her & his parents' names, says his parents were "of Germany," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Juan HÉBERRE & Juan GUÉDRY [perhaps her half-brother Jean-Baptiste].
Fort Bute, an English post from the 1760s to 1783, was on the north side of Bayou Manchac; after 1783, when the area was ceded to Spain, Fort Bute/Manchac stood at the southern edge of the Baton Rouge District. In 1788, St.-Gabriel, south of the bayou, was the closest church to Manchac. That changed in 1793, when a church parish was created at Baton Rouge, north of Manchac. When the St.-Gabriel priest who recorded her first marriage wrote "Maraca" for her parents' original home, he may have meant Mirliguèche, which was on the Atlantic side of Nova Scotia & whose name would challenge the best of spellers. Her first husband's parents were probably from Minas, which is certainly in Canada today.
32. Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls her Marie-Rose [GUÉDRY], & lists her with her parents, 3 brothers, & a maternal cousin; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 76, Family No. 142, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marie-Rose GUÉDRY, does not give her godparents' names, & details her family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 38-39, calls her Marie-Rose, sa [Pierre GUÉDRY's] fille, age 6, on the embarkation list, Maria Rosa, su [Pedro GUÉDRY's] hija, on the debarkation list, & Marie-Rose GUÉDRY, his [Pierre GUÉDRY's] daughter, age 6, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 32nd Family on the embarkation list & the 33rd Family on the debarkation list of Le Beaumont with her parents, 3 brothers, & a maternal cousin; BRDR, 2:341, 594 (ASM-2, 26), her marriage record, calls her Maria-Rosa GUÉDRY "of Parish St.-Donaciano, Diocese of Nantes, France," calls her husband Luis-Constante PITRE "of the Parish St.-Roman, Diocese of Poitiers, France," gives her & his parents' names, says all parents were "of Acadia," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Josef AUCOIN & Luis DANTIN.
33. Wall of Names, 18, calls her Monique GUÉDRY; BRDR, 2:143, 338 (ASC-1, 148), her marriage record, calls her Anna-Monica GUÉDRY, calls her husband Carlos BRAUD, give her & his parents' names, says both fathers were deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Pedro LANDRY & Pedro DUPUY; BRDR, 6:290 (SGA-8, 256), her death/burial record, calls her Anne M. GUIDRY, "age 84 yrs., widow of Charles BREAUX," but does not give her parents' names. See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 436; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 7, 18.
Her estimated birth year is calculated from the ages given in the Spanish report of Feb 1768 & the Ascension census of 1777, not the Ascension census of 1770. Why is she called Marie in the 1777 census? Was Marie part of her name?
So who was the Monique GUÉDRY who was buried at St. Gabriel on 24 Jan 1823, "age 86, a widow"? Unfortunately, the priest who recorded the burial did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a husband. See BRDR, 4:254 (SGA-8, 110). The burial record gives Monique an estimated birth year of c1737, so, if she was an Acadian GUÉDRY, she certainly would have been an immigrant. Who was her husband?
34. Wall of Names, 44, calls him Ollivier GUÉDRY; BRDR, 2:75-76, 342 (ASM-2, 55), his marriage record, calls him Olivier GUÉDRY "of St.-Suliac, France," calls his wife Henrietta BERGERON "of St. James Parish," gives his & her parents' names, says her parents were Acadians, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Bautista BERGERON & Guillermo HAMON.
35. Wall of Names, 18, calls him Pierre GUÉDRY; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2499-2500, the LA section, calls him Pierre GUIDRY, says he was born in 1741 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, does not give his first wife's name, details his second & third marriages, including his wives' parents' names, says he lived at "Port-Saint-Louis, à Natchez," & lists his children as, by his "first" wife, Louis-David, born in c1769, Olivier in c1770, Joseph in c1772, Jean-Baptiste in 1776, Paul in 1779, & Augustin in 1780, &, by his "second" wife, Marguerite, born in 1782, Louis in 1784, Charles in 1785, Anastasie in 1788, Victorin in 1789, Antoine in 1792, Pierre in 1794, Marie-Céleste in 1796, Ludivine in 1798, Arthémise in 1803, Rosémond in 1806, & Marie in 1809, but gives no birthplaces; BRDR, 1b:8, 82 (PCP-4, 35; PCP-3, 270-271), the record of his second marriage, calls him Pierre GUÉDRY, "native of Acadia, residing at Natchez," calls his wife Claire BABIN, "native of Acadia, residing at Natchez," gives his & her parents' names but does not give his first wife's name, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Firmin BABIN, Pierre GUÉDRY [himself], & Augustin LANDRY; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:446 (SM Ch.: v.4, #1737), his death/burial record, calls him Pierre GUIDRY, married his last marriage to Marguerite MILLER, says he died "at his residence at la grande pointe at age about 93 years, that he was buried next day "in the parish cemetery," but does not give his parents' names or the names of his first 2 wives; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:446 (SM Ct.Hse.: Succ.#543), his succession record, calls him Pierre GUIDRY, Sr. of Acadie, gives his parents' names, says both of his parents were deceased, says he married (1) Marguerite DUPUY & had 2 children by her, that he married (2) Claire BABIN, & had Olivier, Joseph, Jean Baptiste, Hypolite, Augustin, & David by her, & that he married (3) Marguerite MILLER, & had Marguerite m. Pierre BROUSSARD, Louis, Charles, Nastasie m. David REES, Antoine, Célestine m. R. EASTIN, Arthémise D. m. ____THOMAS, Rosémond, & Felonise by her. See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 436, 438; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 7; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 26.
Wall of Names implies that he was married to Marguerite DUPUIS & that they had a daughter named Marie when they reached LA. The marriage is confirmed in Pierre's succession record, cited above, which says only that Pierre & Marguerite had 2 children. If Marie was one of those children, why didn't she appear in the Ascension census of 1770 with her father & stepmother? She probably died as a child; she was only 3 in 1768. Various church records, such as Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-A:449, 452, 459, as well as the Spanish report of Feb 1768, confirm that Pierre & Marguerite lived at San Luìs de Natchez. So why doesn't Arsenault, cited above, say anything about the first marriage to Marguerite DUPUIS?
The Acadian settlement at San Luìs de Natchez did not last long enough to have a church of its own, hence his second marriage being recorded at Pointe Coupée, the closest church to Natchez in 1769.
The marriage record of a daughter of Pierre GUIDRY & Marguerite MILLER says that Marguerite was from VA. The baptismal record of a granddaughter says that Marguerite was from SC, that her father, William MILLER, was from Scotland, & her mother, Anne KEVEN, from Ireland. Other church records say that Marguerite was from Pensacola & Mobile See Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A: 369, 373, 374, 2-A: 453, 454, CD. Most likely the family moved around a bit.
Quote about Pierre being the patriarch of Grande Pointe is from the brochure that accompanies the Robert Dafford Mural, Acadian Memorial, St. Martinville. Several church records, dated as early as Oct 1812, call the elder Pierre "inhabitant at la grand-pointe." See Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-A:451, 456, 458.
Pierre's burial record, cited above, says that he was 93 when he died, but, according to the Spanish report of 1768 & 2 census records, supported by Arsenault, he was "only" 83. He was a patriarch nonetheless, having fathered at least 19 children by 3 wives! (His succession record includes 17 children but leaves out sons Victorin & Pierre by his third wife & 2 sons who died in childhood, so he may have had as many as 21 children by his 3 wives!) Twelve of his sons created families of their own, so most of the GUIDRYs of southwest LA spring from Pierre of Grand Pointe.
36. Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls him Pierre GUÉDRY, & lists him with his wife Louise BLANDIN & no children; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 377, Family No. 463, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Pierre-Jean GUÉDRY, says his godparents were Ambroise LONGUEPÉE & Marie-Francoise BOURG, & lists his family's residences in France from 1759-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 74, Family No. 139, calls him Pierre [GUÉDRY], & details his family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s as well as their voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 36-37, calls him Pierre GUÉDRY, charpentier, age 23, on the embarkation list, Pedro GUÉDRY, on the debarkation list, & Pierre GUÉDRY, carpenter, age 23, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 28th Family on the embarkation list & the 29th Family on the debarkation list of Le Beaumont with his wife Louise/Luisa BLANDIN, age 27, & no children.
His father's family is just above his on the passenger list of Le Beaumont.
37. Wall of Names, 44, calls him Pierre GUÉDRY; BRDR, 2:342, 442 (PCP-19, 69), his marriage record, calls him Pierre GUÉDERY, "res. Manchac," calls his wife Marie LANDRY, "widow of Simon DAIGLE," gives his & her parents' names, says his parents & her mother were deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Mato GUÉDRY, "Groom's Brother," & François or Françoise DAIGLE; BRDR, 3:390 (SJO-4, 54), his death/burial record, calls him Pedro Claudio GUIDRY, "age 40 yrs., married," but does not give his parents' names or his wife's name.
Why didn't a Baton Rouge priest marry them? Baton Rouge had its own church since 1793 & was closer to Manchac than Pointe Coupée across the river.
38. Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls him Pierre GUÉDRY, & lists him with his wife, 4 children, & his wife's nephew; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 103, shows the fate of his family in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, detailed in the footnote to his father's profile above; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 378-80, Family No. 464; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 381, Family No. 467; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 47, Family No. 92, calls him Pierre GUÉDRY, says he was born in c1754 "in the parish of L'Assomption in Acadie," which was Pigiguit, gives his parents' names, details his marriage, including his wife's parents' names, includes the birth/baptismal record of son Pierre, baptized 21 Oct 1774, St.-Jacques, Châtellerault, godson of Pierre LEBERT, journeyman, & Geneviève LEVRON, & details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 76, Family No. 142, calls him Pierre GUÉDRY, says he was born in c1753 but gives no birthplace, that he was a seaman, details his marriage but does not gives his wife's parents' names, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of son Jean-Charles, baptized 21 Oct 1776, St.-Donatien, Nantes, died age 6 1/2 & buried 16 Mar 1783, St.-Martin, Chantenay, daughter Marie-Rose, baptized 19 Apr 1779, St.-Donatien, Nantes, son Jean-Pierre, baptized 22 Jul 1781, St.-Martin, Chantenay, & son Joseph-Firmin, baptized 15 Oct 1784, St.-Martin, Chantenay, & details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s as well as its voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 38-39, calls him Pierre GUÉDRY, ouvier, age 31, on the embarkation list, Pedro GUÉDRY, on the debarkation list, & Pierre GUÉDRY, workman, age 31, on the complete listing, says he was in the 32nd Family on the embarkation list & the 33rd Family on the debarkation list of Le Beaumont with his wife, 4 children, & his wife's nephew; BRDR, 2:342 (ASM-3, 3), his death/burial record, calls him Pedro Janvier GUÉDRY, age 42 years, married to Josefa LEBERT, but does not give his parents' names.
Janvier is French for January. This unusual middle name also can be found in 3 of his children's marriage records in BRDR, 2:340-42, where it is usually spelled Januario because the recording priest at Assumption probably was Spanish.
39. Wall of Names, 28 (pl. 6R), calls him Pierre [GUÉDRY], & lists him with his parents, 2 siblings, & an orphan; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 75, his birth/baptismal record, provides his middle name; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 8-9, calls him Pierre, son [Jean-Bte GUÉDRY's] fils, age 8, on the embarkation list, Pedro, su [Juan Bautista GUÉDRY's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Pierre GUÉDRY, his [Jean-Baptiste GUÉDRY's] son, age 8, on the complete listing, says he was in the 28th Family aboard Le Bon Papa with his parents, 2 siblings, & an orphan, &, calling him Pierre-Jean-Marie [GUÉDRY], says he was baptized in 1776 but gives no place of baptism; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 40-41, does not include him on the embarkation list, calls him Pedro, su [Juan Bautista GUÉDRY's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Pierre GUÉDRY, his [Jean-Baptiste GUÉDRY's] son, no age given, on the complete listing, says he was in the 51st Family aboard Le Beaumont with his father, 2 siblings, & an orphan, & that they were from the ship Bon Papa. See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 497.
What happened to him in LA? He does not appear on any LA censuses. His mother, who does not appear on the embarkation list of Le Beaumont with the rest of the family, probably died soon after the family reached New Orleans in July 1785. His father then waited for relatives to arrive aboard the third ship, Le Beaumont, before taking him & his siblings to Lafourche, where brother François appears in the 1791 census with uncle Joseph GUIDRY. Pierre-Jean-Marie probably died by then.
40. Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls him Pierre-Joseph [GUÉDRY], & lists him with his parents, 3 siblings, & a maternal cousin; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 47, Family No. 92, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Pierre GUÉDRY, gives his parents' names, says his godparents were Pierre LEBERT, journeyman, & Geneviève LEVRON, & details his family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 76, Family No. 142, calls him Pierre-Joseph [GUÉDRY], & details his family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s & their voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 38-39, calls him Pierre-Joseph, son [Pierre GUÉDRY's] fils, age 10, on the embarkation list, Pedro Josef, su [Pedro GUÉDRY's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Pierre-Joseph GUÉDRY, his [Pierre GUÉDRY's] son, age 10, on the complete listing, says he was in the 32nd Family on the embarkation list & the 33rd Family on the debarkation list of Le Beaumont with his parents, 3 siblings, & a maternal cousin, &, calling him Pierre [GUÉDRY], says he was born in 1774 but gives no birthplace; BRDR, 2:78, 342 (ASM-2, 29), his marriage record, calls him Pedro GUÉDRY "of Poitou, France," calls his wife Margarita BERGERON "of Ascension Parish," gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Carlos BERGERON [her father] & Josef LEJEUNE [his stepfather]; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:251-52 (Houma Ct.Hse.: OA: v.1, p.4), a "judgement for money claim," dated 17 Jun 1822, calls him Pierre GUIDRY m. Marguerite BERGERON, "whose 2nd husband is Jean Baptiste BEAUSERGEANT," & says child Léonore Melanie m. Bernard Édouard HARRIS.
His wife's father came to LA in Feb 1765 as a child with the party from Halifax via St.-Dominigue, today's Haiti, led by Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil but later moved to the river settlements before settling on Bayou Lafourche. Marguerite was born at Ascension in Aug 1780. See BRDR, 2:78 (ASC-1, 65 & 66). It was unusual for Acadians whose families had lived in the colony so long to intermarry with Acadians who had been in France & did not come to LA until 1785.
41. Wall of Names, 33 (pl. 8L), calls her Renée-Élisabeth [GUÉDRY], & lists her with her parents & 3 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 32-33, calls her Reiné-Élisabette, sa [Joseph GUÉDRY's] fille, à la mamelle, on the embarkation list, Ryena Ysabel, de pecho, on the debarkation list, & Reiné-Élizabeth GUÉDRY, daughter [of Joseph GUÉDRY], nursling, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 8th Family aboard Le Beaumont with his parents & 3 siblings; BRDR, 3:390, 426 (ASM-2, 132), her marriage record, calls her Reine Élizabeth GEDRI (GUEDRY) "of Paimboeuf, Brittany," calls her husband Rémi HÉBERT "of St.-Nicolas in Brittany, France," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Jean DAIGLE, Jean Baptiste GIROIR, & Étienne DUPUI. See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 497; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1779-98, 25, 57, 156.
If she went to the Attakapas District with her family in the late 1790s, she obviously did not remain there. Her father died at Attakapas in Feb 1799, when she was 14 years old, so there is a chance that she may have remained with relatives at Lafourche when her family crossed the Atchafalaya Basin. Her husband was born, or at least baptized, at St.-Nicolas Parish, Nantes. They settled where they married, on upper Bayou Lafourche.
42. Wall of Names, 44, calls him Suliac GUÉDRY; BRDR, 2:39, 343 (PCP-19, 28), his marriage record, calls him Souillac GUÉDERIC "of France," calls his wife Rose-Anastasie AUCOIN "of France," gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Élie COMO, Jean Baptiste AUCOIN, François DUGUE, & John DURAND.
Baton Rouge, near where they settled, did not get its own church until 1793, so the Pointe Coupée priest administered the sacraments in the area until it did.
43. Wall of Names, 12, calls her Ursule GUÉDRY; Arsenault, Généalogie, 1491, the Cobeguit section, calls her Ursule GUIDRY, says she was born in 1731 but gives no birthplace [Cobeguit?], gives her parents' names, & details her marriage. See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 433.
Her estimated birth year is based on the age in the Spanish report of 1767 & is close to Arsenault's.
Does the name Magdelon DIGRIST, found with her husband in the Opelousas census of 1777, mean that Ursule had died in the 1770s & her husband had remarried? Probably. See De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 24. Magdelon DIGRIST's age in the 1777 census was 42, giving her an estimated birth year of c1735. A burial record for "Mrs. Paul BOUTIN, "inhabitants[sic] of this Post [Opelousas]," dated 20 Aug 1788, in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:104 (Opel. Ch.: v.1, p.8), says BOUTIN's wife was 57 years old when she died. This gives her an estimated birth year of c1737. Contrast these dates to Ursule's estimated birth year of c1730. So who was Madeleine DIGREST? Was her actual name Madeleine DUCREST?
44. Not in Wall of Names. Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:23, 374 (SM Ch.: v.4, #67), his marriage record, calls him Olivier GUIDRY, calls his wife Félicité OCOIN, "widr.[sic] of Joseph FARKE (FAULK)," gives his father's but not his mother's name, calls his father Augustin "of Canada," gives her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Charles GILBAUX, Jean-Baptiste SIMON, & David BABINO.
The baptismal records of sons Paul, dated 7 Jun 1798, & Olivier, dated 7 May 1800, in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:374, 375 (SM Ch.: v.5, #61; SM Ch.: v.5, #243), call him Olivier GUIDRY "of Boston" & say his parents were Augustin GUIDRY & Marguerite PICOT. Many of the Acadians exiled to MA moved to the St. Lawrence River valley after the French & Indian War ended. The baptismal record of son Alexandre, dated 19 Aug 1804, in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:331 (SM Ch.: v.1, last page, & v.2, p.47), gives another clue by calling him Olivier GUIDRY, "Canadien, naturalized as an American in Philadelphia," & says Olivier's parents were Augustin GUÉDRY & Maguerite PECOT "d'Acadie." (Perhaps the good priest at St. Martinville confused Boston & Philadelphia.) The baptismal record of son Charles, dated 5 Jan 1806, in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:333 (SM Ch.: v.6-A, p. 4; SM Ch.: Folio E, p.9), calls Olivier "native of Boston" & says his parents were Augustin GUIDRY & Marguerite PICOT "of Acadie," so there is no doubt that Olivier was Acadian, & no doubt who his parents were.
However, two important secondary sources seem to contradict the sacramental records at Attakapas: Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 180, says that Jean, son of Pierre GUIDRY & Marguerite BRASSEAU, & his wife Marguerite, daughter of Michel PICOT & Anne BLIN, who married in c1755, had a son name Olivier, born in 1764, but gives no birthplace. Jehn goes on to say that the family was in MA in 1755, at Québec in 1766, & at St.-Jacques l'Achigan, on the St. Lawrence above Québec City, in 1767. Arsenault, Généalogie, 590, the Port-Royal section, shows Jean, son of Pierre [GUÉDRY] & Marguerite BRASSEAU, marrying Marguerite, daughter of Michel PICOT & Anne BLAIN, in c1755 but gives no place of marriage. Among their children was son Olivier, born in 1764, no birthplace given. Arsenault says the family was deported to MA in 1755, was at Québec in 1766, & settled at St.-Jacques-de-l'Achigan in c1767, so this is probably where Jehn got her information. Arsenault, p. 590, says that Jean GUÉDRY had a younger brother named Augustin, who married in a civil ceremony Marie-Françoise, daughter of Guillaume JEANSON & Marie AUCOIN in c1767 but gives no place of marriage. However, their marriage was "rehabilitated" at Windsor (formerly Pigiguit), NS, on 8 May 1769, the family lived at Windsor from 1767 to 1772, & settled at Chéticamp (Matéghan) on Baie St.-Marie, NS, in 1826. According to Arsenault, Augustin & Marie-Françoise had no son named Olivier. However, none of the baptismal records of Olivier dit Canada's children in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vols. 1-A & 1-B, that include the grandparents' names calls his father anything but Augustin. This researcher would not be surprised if Arsenault mixed up the families.
No matter, Olivier, son of Augustin & Marguerite, left British Canada when he came of age & settled in LA. How, & when, he got to the Spanish colony before Jan 1793 is anyone's guess.
Why is such as well-documented Acadian immigrant not on the Acadian Memorial's Wall of Names?
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